Occupational status and prevalence of cardiovascular risk indicators among employed men in the Swiss-German part of Switzerland;BERUFLICHE STELLUNG UND PRAVALENZ KARDIOVASKULARER RISIKOINDIKATOREN BEI BERUFSTATIGEN MANNERN IN DER DEUTSCHSPRACHIGEN SCHWEIZ

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-18

  Foppa, Ivo ^a,c   Calmonte, Roland ^a   Noack, Horst ^b   Abelin, Theo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SWITZERLAND; BLOOD; BODY MASS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0029969455     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01358842     Document Type: Article

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