Marital status and ischemic heart disease incidence and mortality in women: A large prospective study

BMC Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Floud, Sarah ^a   Balkwill, Angela ^a   Canoy, Dexter ^a   Wright, F L ^a   Reeves, Gillian K ^a   Green, Jane ^a   Beral, Valerie ^a   Cairns, Benjamin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Incidence; Ischemic heart disease; Marital status; Mortality; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84897464461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-12-42     Document Type: Article

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