Geography and migration with special reference to cardiovascular disease

A Life Course Approach to Chronic Disease Epidemiology

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Elford, Jonathan ^a   Ben Shlomo, Yoav ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Ecological studies; Epidemiological studies; Heart disease; Migrant studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923016675     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198578154.003.0006     Document Type: Chapter

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