Rejoinder: Need for a data-driven discussion on the socioeconomic patterning of cardiovascular health in India

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1438-1443

  Subramanian, S V ^a,c   Subramanyam, Malavika A ^b   Corsi, Daniel J ^c   Smith, George Davey ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GANDHINAGAR   (India)

^c HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DATA SET; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; STOMACH CANCER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; OBESITY; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

INDIA;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; OBESITY; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84886379597     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyt181     Document Type: Article

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