All cause and cardiovascular mortality in African migrants living in Portugal: Evidence of large social inequalities

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 670-676

  Harding, Seeromanie ^a   Teyhan, Alison ^a   Rosato, Michael ^b   Santana, Paula ^c  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

African migrants; cardiovascular mortality; Portugal; social inequalities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NEGRO; OCCUPATION; PORTUGAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL STATUS; STROKE;

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PORTUGAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 64749106162     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e32830fe6ce     Document Type: Article

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