Women's exposure to early and later life socioeconomic disadvantage and coronary heart disease risk: The Stockholm Female Coronary Risk Study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 275-284

  Wamala, Sarah P ^a,c   Lynch, John ^b   Kaplan, George A ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular health; Coronary heart disease; Life course; Sicioeconomic position; Women

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDHOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; EXPOSURE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANUAL LABOR; MARRIAGE; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHORT STATURE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

STOCKHOLM; SWEDEN;

EID: 0035024946     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.2.275     Document Type: Article

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