Migration within Great Britain and cardiovascular disease: Early life and adult environmental factors

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1054-1060

  Wannamethee, S Goya ^a   Shaper, A Gerald ^a   Whincup, Peter H ^b   Walker, Mary ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Migration; Place of birth; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036816886     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/31.5.1054     Document Type: Article

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