Neighbourhood socioeconomic status and cardiovascular risk factors: a multilevel analysis of nine cities in the Czech Republic and Germany
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Previous studies have shown that deprived neighbourhoods have higher cardiovascular mortality and morbidity rates. Inequalities in the distribution of behaviour related risk factors are one possible explanation for this trend. In our...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-09-01
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Series: | BMC Public Health |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/7/255 |