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Socioeconomic position and incidence of acute myocardial infarction: a meta-analysis

Author(s) -

Edison Manrique-Garcia,

Anna Sidorchuk,

Johan Hallqvist,

T. Moradi

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

journal of epidemiology and community health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.692

H-Index - 170

eISSN - 1470-2738

pISSN - 0143-005X

DOI - 10.1136/jech.2009.104075

Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , socioeconomic status , incidence (geometry) , meta analysis , environmental health , population , physics , optics

A negative socioeconomic gradient is established for coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality and survival, while socioeconomic patterning of disease incidence is less well investigated. To study socioeconomic inequalities in the incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), the major component of CHD, a meta-analysis was undertaken to summarise existing evidence on the issue.

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