Clase social y enfermedad arteriosclerótica del corazón / Social class and arteriosclerotic heart disease

ABSTRACT

The epidemiology of arteriosclerotic hearth disease has changed form a strictly biological concept of medical ecology to a broader one which considers the life forms of the host in addition to the interaction between the host and his natural environment. Thus, consideration must be given to other parameters besides the traditional ones of sex, age, etc., and an ad hoc methodology must be developed which will be applicable to the largest possible number of areas and circumstances