Social, behavioral, and metabolic determinants of plasma viscosity in the Whitehall II Study.

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Published in Ann Epidemiol on May 01, 2005

Authors

Meena Kumari1, Michael Marmot, Ann Rumley, Gordon Lowe

Author Affiliations

1: International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Royal Free and University College London Medical School, London, UK. M.Kumari@ucl.ac.uk

Associated clinical trials:

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

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