Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 52, Issue 4 , Pages 337-346 , April 1999

Rose Questionnaire Angina in Younger Men and Women: Gender Differences in the Relationship to Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Other Reported Symptoms

  • Amanda Nicholson

      Affiliations

    • International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
    • ,
  • Ian R White

      Affiliations

    • International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
    • ,
  • Peter Macfarlane

      Affiliations

    • The Department of Medical Cardiology, Glasgow University, Glasgow, UK
    • ,
  • Eric Brunner

      Affiliations

    • International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Eric Brunner, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College London. 1-19 Torrington Place, LONDON WC1E 6BT, UK
    • ,
  • Michael Marmot

      Affiliations

    • International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK

,Accepted 12 January 1999.

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☆ Ian White is currently at the Medical Statistics Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 52, Issue 4 , Pages 337-346 , April 1999

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