Ethnic group differences in cardiovascular risk assessment scores: National cross-sectional study

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 367-384

  Dalton, Andrew R H ^a,b   Bottle, Alex ^b   Soljak, Michael ^b   Majeed, Azeem ^b   Millett, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; ethnicity; primary prevention; public health; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNICITY; MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALGORITHM; ASIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLACK PERSON; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ASIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84900855393     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2013.797568     Document Type: Article

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