Volume 31, Nº 2, March/April 2018
DOI: http://www.dx.doi.org/10.5935/2359-4802.20180007
EDITORIAL
Relationship between Social Factors and Cardiovascular Diseases
Claudio Tinoco Mesquita
Figure 1 – Annual percentage variation of the gross domestic product (GDP) in Brazil between 1979 and 2016. Source: Fundação Getúlio Vargas - National Account Center - several publications from 1947 to 1989; IBGE. Research Executive Board. National Account Coordination. https:// agenciadenoticias.ibge.gov.br (accessed on February 19, 2018).
Keywords: Cardiovascular Diseases / mortality; Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology; Cardiovascular Diseases / prevention and control; Myocardial Ischemia; Risk Factors; Socioeconomic Factors.