Explaining age-specific inequalities in mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease and ischaemic heart disease among South Korean male public servants: Relative and absolute perspectives

Heart

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-82

  Khang, Young Ho ^a   Lynch, J W ^b   Jung Choi, K ^c   Cho, H J ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 37749018718     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2007.117747     Document Type: Article

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