Educational differentials in mortality from cardiovascular disease among men and women: The Israel Longitudinal Mortality Study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 453-460

  Manor, Orly ^a,b   Eisenbach, Zvi ^a   Friedlander, Yechiel ^a   Kark, Jeremy D ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular Disease; cardiovascular disease; cerebrovascular disease; CRVD; CVD; Education; HTD; hypertensive disease; IHD; ischemic heart disease; Mortality; SD; Social Inequalities; sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 4043150727     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2003.10.011     Document Type: Article

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