Aggregate disease risk-factor data: Is the population mean a valid parameter? the example of serum cholesterol in oppland county, norway

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 221-226

  Krüger, Øystein ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE RISK; HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY TREND; POPULATION MEAN; REGIONAL STUDIES; SERUM CHOLESTEROL;

NORWAY, OPPLAND COUNTY;

EID: 0025658125     PISSN: 00291951     EISSN: 15025292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00291959008552258     Document Type: Article

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