Commentary: Shielding against a future inferno: The not-so-problematic discourse on socioeconomic status and cardiovascular health in India

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1426-1429

  Narayan, K M Venkat ^a   Ali, Mohammed K ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; INFECTION; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NOTE; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; UNDERWEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

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

EID: 84886379747     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyt082     Document Type: Note

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