Social class, all-clause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality:  The importance of cigarette smoking

KESTELOOT, Hugo

Document Details :

Title: Social class, all-clause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality
Subtitle: The importance of cigarette smoking
Author(s): KESTELOOT, Hugo
Journal: Acta Cardiologica
Volume: 58 Issue: 4 Date: August 2003
Pages: 285-287
DOI: 10.2143/AC.58.4.2005284

Abstract :
Lower social classes,whether defined by income or education level,or as manual versus non-manual workers have a higher all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality rate. This is true within populations but not necessarily between populations.