Trends in educational inequalities in cardiovascular risk factors: a longitudinal study among 48,000 middle-aged Norwegian men and women.

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Published in Eur J Epidemiol on November 15, 2006

Authors

Bjørn Heine Strand1, Aage Tverdal

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, P.O. Box 4404, NO-0403, Nydalen, Oslo, Norway. heine@fhi.no

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