Disentangling the relative importance of different socioeconomic resources for myocardial infarction incidence and survival: A longitudinal study of over 300 000 Finnish adults

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 260-266

  Kilpi, Fanny ^a   Silventoinen, Karri ^a   Konttinen, Hanna ^a   Martikainen, Pekka ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CORONARY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84966293180     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv202     Document Type: Article

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