Socioeconomic status, status inconsistency and risk of ischaemic heart disease: A prospective study among members of a statutory health insurance company

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 605-611

  Peter, Richard ^a   Gässler, Holger ^a   Geyer, Siegfried ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; MORBIDITY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; GENDER; GERMANY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCOME; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 34347252675     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2006.047340     Document Type: Article

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