Evaluating the evidence for models of life course socioeconomic factors and cardiovascular outcomes: A systematic review

BMC Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Pollitt, Ricardo A ^a   Rose, Kathryn M ^a   Kaufman, Jay S ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EVALUATION STUDY; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 14644435074     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-5-7     Document Type: Review

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