Social class, risk factors, and stroke incidence in men and women a prospective study in the european prospective investigation into cancer in norfolk cohort

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1070-1077

  McFadden, Emily ^a,c   Luben, Robert ^a   Wareham, Nicholas ^a   Bingham, Sheila ^a,b   Khaw, Kay Tee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Mortality; Risk factors; Social class; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; STROKE;

EID: 65249091365     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.533414     Document Type: Review

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