Social class differences in ischaemic heart disease in British men.

To examine why ischaemic heart disease (IHD) mortality rates in Britain are higher in manual than in non-manual workers 7735 middle-aged men in the British Regional Heart Study were followed up for 6 years, during which time 336 men experienced a major IHD event (fatal or non-fatal myocardial infarc...

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Published in:	Lancet Vol. 2; no. 8552; pp. 197 - 202
Main Authors:	Pocock, S. J., Cook, D. G., Shaper, A. G., Phillips, A. N., Walker, M.
Format:	research Journal Article
Published:	Lancet 7/25/1987
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