Unequal Trends in Coronary Heart Disease Mortality by Socioeconomic Circumstances, England 1982-2006: An Analytical Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Bajekal, Madhavi ^a   Scholes, Shaun ^a   O'Flaherty, Martin ^b   Raine, Rosalind ^a   Norman, Paul ^c   Capewell, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY DISEASE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84875167077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059608     Document Type: Article

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