Socioeconomic status and subclinical coronary disease in the Whitehall II epidemiological study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Steptoe, Andrew ^a   Hamer, Mark ^a   O'Donnell, Katie ^a   Venuraju, Shreenidhi ^b   Marmot, Michael G ^a   Lahiri, Avijit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIMISM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; CALCINOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 77749273585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008874     Document Type: Article

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