Incidence and prognosis of angina pectoris in South Asians and Whites: 18 years of follow-up over seven phases in the Whitehall-II prospective cohort study

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 430-438

  Zaman, M J S ^a   Shipley, M J ^a   Stafford, M ^a   Brunner, E J ^a   Timmis, A D ^b   Marmot, M G ^a   Hemingway, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

circulatory disease; epidemiology; ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80052302955     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdq093     Document Type: Article

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