Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in ischemic heart disease mortality in small areas of nine Spanish cities from 1996 to 2007 using smoothed ANOVA.
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SUBMITTER: Mari-Dell'olmo M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3907633 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb
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Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in ischemic heart disease mortality in small areas of nine Spanish cities from 1996 to 2007 using smoothed ANOVA.
Marí-Dell'olmo Marc M Gotsens Mercè M Borrell Carme C Martinez-Beneito Miguel A MA Palència Laia L Pérez Glòria G Cirera Lluís L Daponte Antonio A Domínguez-Berjón Felicitas F Esnaola Santiago S Gandarillas Ana A Lorenzo Pedro P Martos Carmen C Nolasco Andreu A Rodríguez-Sanz Maica M
Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 20140201 1
The aim of this study was to analyze the evolution of socioeconomic inequalities in mortality due to ischemic heart diseases (IHD) in the census tracts of nine Spanish cities between the periods 1996-2001 and 2002-2007. Among women, there are socioeconomic inequalities in IHD mortality in the first period which tended to remain stable or even increase in the second period in most of the cities. Among men, in general, no socioeconomic inequalities have been detected for this cause in either of th ...[more]
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