Higher education predicts better cardiovascular health outcomes in high-income countries
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 05:21
in Health & Medicine
In one of the first international studies to compare the link between formal education and heart disease and stroke, the incidence of these diseases and certain risk factors decreased as educational levels increased in high-income countries, but not in low- and middle-income countries...
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