Vitamin C is not associated with coronary heart disease risk once life course socioeconomic position is taken into account: Prospective findings from the British women's heart and health study

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1086-1087

  Lawlor, Debbie A ^a   Ebrahim, S ^a   Kundu, D ^b   Bruckdorfer, K R ^b   Whincup, P H ^c   Smith, G Davey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; ASCORBIC ACID; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 23044483783     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.048934     Document Type: Article

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