How accurately do adult sons and daughters report and perceive parental deaths from coronary disease?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 859-863

  Watt, G ^a   McConnachie, A ^a   Upton, M ^a   Emslie, C ^a   Hunt, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DATA ANALYSIS; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; PARENT; PARENTAL AGE; PERCEPTION; PROGENY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SCOTLAND;

EID: 0033787340     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.54.11.859     Document Type: Article

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