Socioeconomic inequalities in acute myocardial infarction incidence in migrant groups: Has the epidemic arrived? Analysis of nation-wide data

Heart

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 239-246

  Agyemang, C ^a   Van Oeffelen, A A M ^b   Bots, M L ^b   Stronks, K ^a   Vaartjes, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANTILLEAN; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUTCH; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; INCOME; INDONESIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOROCCAN; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; TURK;

MYOCARDIAL ISCHAEMIA AND INFARCTION (IHD);

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NETHERLANDS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84891834919     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-304721     Document Type: Article

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