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- Published on: 27 January 2008
- Published on: 7 January 2008
- Published on: 27 January 2008Authors' ResponseShow More
Dear Editor,
We thank Drs Mieczkowska and Mosiewicz for their interest in our research on socioeconomic status (SES), pathogen burden and cardiovascular disease risk. They rightly highlight the strong social gradient in cardiovascular disease that is present in many European countries and is increasingly apparent world wide.1 Our study used employment grade as the indicator of SES, and it is interesting that sim...
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None declared. - Published on: 7 January 2008Socioecomonic status and cardiovascular disease riskShow More
Dear Editor,
We congratulate Dr A Steptoe and associates on their extensive epidemiological research concerning the cardiovascular risk and its association with the pathogen burden depending on the socio-economic status (1). Since the middle of the 20th century, the cardiovascular risk in the populations of Europe and the United States has shown a reverse dependence on the economic and professional status. Many rese...
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