Intergenerational social mobility and the risk of hypertension

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Högberg, Lovisa ^a   Cnattingius, Sven ^a   Lundholm, Cecilia ^a   Sparén, Pär ^a   Iliadou, Anastasia N ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DATA SET; HEALTH RISK; HYPERTENSION; MOBILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

SWEDEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; TWINS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; TWINS;

EID: 84864022771     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.130567     Document Type: Article

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