By neglecting deprivation, cardiovascular risk scoring will exacerbate social gradients in disease

Heart

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 307-310

  Tunstall Pedoe, Hugh ^a,b   Woodward, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33644558734     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.077289     Document Type: Article

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