Increasing inequality in ischaemic heart disease morbidity among employed men in Denmark 1981-1993: The need for a new preventive policy

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 640-644

  Tüchsen, Finn ^a   Endahl, Lars A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bus driver; Cohort study; Hospitalization; Inequality; Ischaemic heart disease

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENMARK; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; DENMARK; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

DENMARK;

EID: 0344562873     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.4.640     Document Type: Article

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