Trends for coronary heart disease and stroke mortality among migrants in England and Wales, 1979-2003: Slow declines notable for some groups

Heart

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 463-470

  Harding, S ^a   Rosato, M ^b   Teyhan, A ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; EUROPE; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; WALES;

EID: 41149124466     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2007.122044     Document Type: Article

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