The educational gradient in coronary heart disease: The association with cognition in a cohort of 57 279 male conscripts

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 322-329

  Ariansen, Inger ^a   Mortensen, Laust ^b   Igland, Jannicke ^c   Tell, Grethe S ^a,c   Tambs, Kristian ^a   Graff Iversen, Sidsel ^a   Strand, Bjørn Heine ^a,d   Næss, Øyvind ^a,d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH RISK; MALE BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

NORWAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SMOKING; SOLDIER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NORWAY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SMOKING;

EID: 84925855803     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2014-204597     Document Type: Article

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