Copyright © 2001 by the European Society of Cardiology.
Lectures
Sustainable development and the social gradient in coronary heart disease
International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, U.K.
Received November 7, 2000; accepted December 6, 2000
Key Words: Coronary heart disease, mortality, socioeconomic, inequalities, sustainable development, population health
f1 Correspondence: Professor Michael Marmot, International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 119 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, U.K.
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