Neighborhood Socioeconomic Environment and Incidence of Coronary Heart Disease: A Follow-up Study of 25,319 Women and Men in Sweden

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 159, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 655-662

  Sundquist, Kristina ^a   Winkleby, Marilyn ^b   Ahlén, Helena ^a   Johansson, Sven Erik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Follow up studies; Incidence; Regression analysis; Residence characteristics; Social class; Social environment

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLASS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; NEIGHBORHOOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SWEDEN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 1642502977     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwh096     Document Type: Article

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