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Editorial
. 2021 Jun 24:10:e70548.
doi: 10.7554/eLife.70548.

Going beyond lifestyle factors

Milagros Ruiz  1
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Editorial

Going beyond lifestyle factors

Milagros Ruiz. Elife. .

Abstract

Wealth and inequality impact blood pressure in a population with the lowest risk of heart disease in the world.

Keywords: biopsychosocial; epidemiology; global health; health; hierarchy; human; medicine; mismatch; social determinants of health; socio-economic status.

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Conflict of interest statement

MR No competing interests declared

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