Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 194-201 , April 2001

Occupational Hierarchy, Economic Sector, and Mortality from Cardiovascular Disease among Men and Women: Findings from the National Longitudinal Mortality Study

  • Carles Muntaner, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Behavioral and Community Health Nursing & Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland, University of Maryland–Baltimore, Baltimore, MD USA
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  • Paul Sorlie, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD USA
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  • Patricia O'Campo, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Population and Family Health Sciences & Epidemiology, The Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Patricia O'Campo, Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, Population and Family Health Sciences, 624 N. Broadway, #390, Baltimore, MD 21205
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  • Norman Johnson, PhD
    • ,
  • Eric Backlund, MS

      Affiliations

    • Demographic and Statistical Methods Division, Bureau of the Census, Suitland, MD USA

Received 28 October 1999 ,Revised 24 April 2000 ,Accepted 26 August 2000.

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Annals of Epidemiology
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