Socio-economic status and cardiovascular risk among Indians

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 471-472

  Jeemon, Panniyammakal ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR CHRONIC DISEASE CONTROL   (India)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INDIAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESPAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 79957905178     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.04.003     Document Type: Note

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