Social determinants and the decline of cardiovascular diseases: Understanding the links

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue , 2011, Pages 39-69

  Harper, Sam ^a   Lynch, John ^b,c,d   Smith, George Davey ^c,e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d School of Community and Social Medicine   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cerebrovascular disease; coronary heart disease; life course epidemiology; social determinants of health; socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; STROKE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79952840734     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031210-101234     Document Type: Article

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