Trends in social inequalities for premature coronary heart disease mortality in Great Britain, 1994-2008: A time trend ecological studye000737

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  McCartney, David ^a   Scarborough, Peter ^a   Webster, Premila ^a   Rayner, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREMATURE MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84863686992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000737     Document Type: Article

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