Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 12, Issue 7 , Pages 540-545 , September 2006

Socioeconomic Factors as Predictors of Incident Heart Failure

  • Erik Ingelsson, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Erik Ingelsson, MD, PhD, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Section of Geriatrics, Uppsala University Uppsala Science Park, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden.
    • ,
  • Lars Lind, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
    • Astra Zeneca R&D, Mölndal, Sweden
    • ,
  • Johan Ärnlöv, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
    • ,
  • Johan Sundström, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
    • Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Received 9 March 2006 ,Revised 24 May 2006 ,Accepted 25 May 2006.

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 Supported by the Primary Health Care in Uppsala County, Swedish Heart Lung Foundation (Hjärt-Lungfonden) and Thuréus Foundation. The funding source had no involvement in the work with the article.

PII: S1071-9164(06)00275-2

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2006.05.010

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 12, Issue 7 , Pages 540-545 , September 2006

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