Trends in cardiovascular risk factors in Greece before and during the financial crisis: The impact of social disparities

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 974-979

  Filippidis, Filippos T ^a   Schoretsaniti, Sotiria ^a   Dimitrakaki, Christine ^a   Vardavas, Constantine I ^b,c   Behrakis, Panagiotis ^b,c   Connolly, Gregory N ^b   Tountas, Yannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Hellenic Cancer Society Athens   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84907568491     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku028     Document Type: Article

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