Individual socioeconomic factors conditioning cardiovascular disease risk

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1085-1095

  Barceló, Maria Antònia ^a,b   Saez, Marc ^a,b   De Tuero, Gabriel Coll ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c Research Unit   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TARGET ORGAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349453929     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2009.146     Document Type: Article

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