Does access to cardiac investigation and treatment contribute to social and ethnic differences in coronary heart disease? Whitehall II prospective cohort study.

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Published in BMJ on July 05, 2004

Authors

Annie Britton1, Martin Shipley, Michael Marmot, Harry Hemingway

Author Affiliations

1: International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London Medical School, London WC1E 6BT.

Associated clinical trials:

Whitehall II - Social and Occupational Influences On Health and Illness | NCT00005680

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