Business cycles, hypertension and cardiovascular disease: Evidence from the Icelandic economic collapse

Blood Pressure

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 213-221

  Asgeirsdottir, Tinna Laufey ^a   Olafsdottir, Thorhildur ^a   Ragnarsdottir, Dagny Osk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Crisis; Economic conditions; Hypertension; Iceland

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BUSINESS CYCLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ICELAND; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STRESS; WORKING TIME; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLICATION; ECONOMICS; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ICELAND; LIFE STYLE; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84904602739     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: 16511999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08037051.2013.862913     Document Type: Article

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