Understanding social variation in cardiovascular risk factors in women and men: The advantage of theoretically based measures

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 831-845

  Bartley, M ^a   Sacker, A ^a   Firth, D ^b   Fitzpatrick, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Health related behaviour; Social classification scales; Social inequality

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0032853413     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00192-6     Document Type: Article

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