Association between childhood socioeconomic status and coronary heart disease risk among postmenopausal women. Findings from the British Women's, Heart and Health Study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1386-1392

  Lawlor, Debbie A ^a   Davey Smith, George ^a   Ebrahim, Shah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PASSIVE SMOKING; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 1542432411     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.8.1386     Document Type: Article

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