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Studies from M. Kivimaki et al have provided new data on heart disease
December 28th, 2008
According to recent research published in the journal Lancet, " How much the successful implementation of the most effective (ie, best-practice) interventions could reduce socioeconomic inequalities of coronary heart disease mortality is not known. We assessed this issue in an occupational cohort study comparing low with high socioeconomic groups." " We undertook a prospective cohort study on 17 186 male civil servants aged 40-69 years between 1967 and 1970 in the UK (the Whitehall study). Socioeconomic position was based on employment grade. We compared the potential reduction in excess coronary heart disease mortality in men of low with those of high...
Source: Heart Disease Weekly (2008-12-28)
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