Coronary heart disease mortality among young adults in Scotland in relation to social inequalities: Time trend study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7714, 2009, Pages 219-

  O'Flaherty, Martin ^c   Bishop, Jennifer ^b   Redpath, Adam ^b   McLaughlin, Terry ^b   Murphy, David ^b   Chalmers, James ^b   Capewell, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ISD Scotland   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEATH; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCOTLAND; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 68149144252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b2613     Document Type: Article

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