Cohort study of relation between donating blood and risk of myocardial infarction in 2682 men in eastern Finland

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7083, 1997, Pages 793-794

  Tuomainen, Tomi Pekka ^a   Salonen, Riitta ^a   Nyyssönen, Kristiina ^a   Salonen, Jukka T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CORONARY RISK; FINLAND; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; COHORT STUDIES; FINLAND; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030972547     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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