Financial loss in pyramid savings schemes, downward social mobility and acute coronary syndrome in transitional Albania

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 620-626

  Burazeri, G ^a   Goda, A ^b   Sulo, G ^b   Stefa, J ^a   Kark, J D ^c  

^a University of Tirana Faculty of Medicine   (Albania)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CENTER MOTHER TERESA   (Albania)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FINANCIAL CRISIS; HEALTH RISK; LOGISTICS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SAVINGS; SOCIAL STATUS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ALBANIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ALBANIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAUD; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL MOBILITY;

ALBANIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TIRANA;

EID: 46949105455     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.066001     Document Type: Article

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