Socio-demographic variation in chest pain incidence and subsequent coronary heart disease in primary care in the United Kingdom

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 566-575

  Walters, Kate ^a   Rait, Greta ^a   Hardoon, Sarah ^a   Kalaitzaki, Eleftheria ^a   Petersen, Irene ^a   Nazareth, Irwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chest pain; coronary heart disease; deprivation; gender

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READ CODE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX PAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; AGE; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84900409396     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487312449415     Document Type: Article

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