Does occupational social class predict coronary heart disease after retirement? A 12-year follow-up study in Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 447-454

  Sundquist, Kristina ^a   Johansson, Sven Erik ^a   Sundquist, Jan ^a   Qvist, Jan ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STATISTICS SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body mass index; coronary heart disease; diabetes; elderly; hypertension; occupation; physical activity; smoking

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; SEX; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 30944451962     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/140349480503300606     Document Type: Article

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