Does autonomic function link social position to coronary risk? The Whitehall II study.

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Published in Circulation on June 06, 2005

Authors

Harry Hemingway1, Martin Shipley, Eric Brunner, Annie Britton, Marek Malik, Michael Marmot

Author Affiliations

1: International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London Medical School, 1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT UK. h.hemingway@ucl.ac.uk

Associated clinical trials:

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

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