Familial risk of premature cardiovascular mortality and the impact of intergenerational occupational class mobility

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1883-1890

  Tiikkaja, Sanna ^a   Olsson, Marita ^b,c   Malki, Ninoa ^a   Modin, Bitte ^d   Sparén, Pär ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular mortality; Health inequalities; Siblings; Social mobility; Sweden

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PREMATURE MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CENSUSES; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; OCCUPATIONS; PARENTS; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL MOBILITY; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84866153580     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.06.031     Document Type: Article

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