Family socioeconomic position at birth and future cardiovascular disease risk: Findings from the aberdeen children of the 1950s cohort study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1271-1277

  Lawlor, Debbie A ^a   Ronalds, Georgina ^b   Macintyre, Sally ^c   Clark, Heather ^d   Leon, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STROKE; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; DATABASES; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745640705     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.066290     Document Type: Article

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