Social Engagement and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Mortality: Results of a Prospective Population-Based Study of Older Men

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 476-483

  Ramsay, Sheena ^a   Ebrahim, Shah ^b   Whincup, Peter ^c   Papacosta, Olia ^a   Morris, Richard ^a   Lennon, Lucy ^a   Wannamethee, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular Disease Mortality; Older Men; Social Engagement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 44449170301     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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