Occupational social class, risk factors and cardiovascular disease incidence in men and women: a prospective study in the European Prospective Investigation of Cancer and Nutrition in Norfolk (EPIC-Norfolk) cohort.

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Published in Eur J Epidemiol on May 29, 2008

Authors

Emily McFadden1, Robert Luben, Nicholas Wareham, Sheila Bingham, Kay-Tee Khaw

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. ecm33@cam.ac.uk

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