Smoking, serum lipids, blood pressure, and sex differences in myocardial infarction: A 12-year follow-up of the Finnmark study

Circulation

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 450-456

  Njølstad, Inger ^a   Arnesen, Egil ^a   Lund Larsen, Per G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b National Health Screening Services   (Norway)

Author keywords

blood pressure; coronary disease; epidemiology; lipids; smoking

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030064566     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.93.3.450     Document Type: Article

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