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Socioeconomic status and risk of cardiovascular disease in 20 low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries: the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiologic (PURE) study

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Socioeconomic status is associated with differences in risk factors for cardiovascular disease incidence and outcomes, including mortality. However, it is unclear whether the associations between cardiovascular disease and common measures of socioeconomic status—wealth and education—differ among high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries, and, if so, why these differences exist. We explored the association between education and household wealth an... Expand abstract
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10.1016/s2214-109x(19)30045-2

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Publisher:
Elsevier
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Lancet Global Health More from this journal
Volume:
7
Issue:
6
Pages:
e748-e760
Publication date:
2019-04-29
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2214-109X


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English
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1314969
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pubs:1314969
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2022-12-13
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