Educational class inequalities in the incidence of coronary heart disease in Europe

Heart

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 958-965

  Veronesi, Giovanni ^a   Ferrario, Marco M ^a   Kuulasmaa, Kari ^b   Bobak, Martin ^c   Chambless, Lloyd E ^d   Salomaa, Veikko ^b   Soderberg, Stefan ^e   Pajak, Andrzej ^f   Jorgensen, Torben ^g,h,i   Amouyel, Philippe ^j   Arveiler, Dominique ^k   Drygas, Wojciech ^l   Ferrieres, Jean ^m   Giampaoli, Simona ⁿ   Kee, Frank ^o   Iacoviello, Licia ^p   Malyutina, Sofia ^q   Peters, Annette ^r   Tamosiunas, Abdonas ^s   Pedoe, Hugh Tunstall ^t   Cesana, Giancarlo ^u   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d IL   (United States)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^g Capital Region of Denmark   (Denmark)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁱ AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^j INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^l INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Poland)

^m UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

ⁿ ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^o QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^p IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^q INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^r INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^s LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^t UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^u Universito degli Studi di Milano   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STATUS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY DISEASE; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; HEALTH DISPARITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROTECTION; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CORONARY DISEASE; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84958092621     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2015-308909     Document Type: Article

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