A comparison of the 12-year mortality and predictive factors of coronary heart disease among Japanese men in Japan and Hawaii

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 476-487

  Yano, Katsuhiko ^a   Maclean, Charles J ^a   Reed, Dwayne M ^b   Shimizu, Yukiko ^c   Sasaki, Hideo ^c   Kodama, Kazunori ^c   Kato, Hiroo ^c   Kagan, Abraham ^a  

^a Honolulu Heart Program   (United States)

^b National Heart Lung and Blood Institute   (United States)

^c RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Life table methods; Mortality; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FATALITY; FORECASTING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE TABLE; MALE; MORTALITY; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASIAN AMERICANS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAWAII; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023834883     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114824     Document Type: Article

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