South Asian people and heart disease: An assessment of the importance of socioeconomic position

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 401-411

  Nazroo, James Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Heart Disease; Inequalities; Socioeconomic Position; South Asian

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0035462961     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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