Lifestyle factors and risk of cerebrovascular disease in women: The Copenhagen City heart study

Stroke

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1993, Pages 1468-1472

  Lindenstrøm, Ewa ^a   Boysen, Gudrun ^b   orgen Nyboe J ^c  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c The Osteoarthritis Substudy   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Epidemiology; Risk factors; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DENMARK; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DENMARK; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS; TRANQUILIZING AGENTS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN;

EID: 0027431081     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.24.10.1468     Document Type: Article

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