Epidemiologic studies of coronary heart disease and stroke in Japanese men living in Japan, Hawaii and California: Demographic, physical, dietary and biochemical characteristics

Journal of Chronic Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 7-8, 1974, Pages 345-364

  Kagan, Abraham ^a   Harris, Benedict R ^b   Winkelstein Jr , Warren ^c   Johnson, Kenneth G ^b   Kato, Hiroo ^b   Syme, S Leonard ^c   Rhoads, George G ^a   Gay, Michael L ^c   Nichaman, Milton Z ^d   Hamilton, Howard B ^b   Tillotson, Jeanne ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d The Community Medicine Program USPHS Hospital ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; URIC ACID;

AUTOPSY; BLOOD GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIET; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC PATHOLOGY; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEART INFARCTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVENTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALIFORNIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FOOD HABITS; HAWAII; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; URIC ACID; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0016203642     PISSN: 00219681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9681(74)90014-9     Document Type: Article

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