A case-control study of coronary heart disease in athens, Greece

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 1074-1080

  Kalandidi, Anna ^a   Tzonou, Anastasia ^a   Toupadaki, Nektaria ^a   Lan, Shou Jen ^b   Koutis, Charis ^a   Drogari, Pitsa ^a   Notara, Venetia ^a   Hsieh, Chung Cheng ^b   Toutouzas, Paul ^c   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027086806     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/21.6.1074     Document Type: Article

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