When does cardiovascular risk start? Past and present socioeconomic circumstances and risk factors in adulthood

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 757-764

  Brunner, Eric ^a   Shipley, Martin J ^a   Blane, David ^b   Davey Smith, George ^c   Marmot, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032721465     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.53.12.757     Document Type: Article

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