Adult socioeconomic position and the association between height and coronary heart disease mortality: findings from 33 years of follow-up in the Whitehall Study.

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Published in Am J Public Health on April 01, 2005

Authors

Claudia Langenberg1, Martin J Shipley, G David Batty, Michael G Marmot

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London Medical School, 1-19 Torrington Pl, London, England, United Kingdom. c.langenberg@ucl.ac.uk

Associated clinical trials:

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

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