Cardiovascular disease mortality in relation to childhood and adulthood socioeconomic markers in British South Asian men

Heart

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 476-481

  Tillin, T ^a   Chaturvedi, N ^a   Forouhi, N G ^b   Smith, G D ^c   McKeigue, P M ^d  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH ASIA;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FATHERS; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 41149098102     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2006.109165     Document Type: Article

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