Education and income: Double-edged swords in the epidemiologic transition of cardiovascular disease

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 2 SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages

  Pearson, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Education; Income; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMMUNITY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIC; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INFECTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY; PARASITOSIS; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; POVERTY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SALT INTAKE; SITTING; SOCIETY; STROKE; TOBACCO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK FACTOR;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE STYLE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 1542604360     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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