Incidence, case fatality, risk factors of acute coronary heart disease and occupational categories in men aged 30-59 in France

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-57

  Lang, Thierry ^a   Ducimetière, Pierre ^a   Arveiler, Dominique ^b   Amouyel, Philippe ^c   Cambou, Jean Pierre ^d   Ruidavets, Jean Bernard ^d   Montaye, Michèle ^c   Meyer, Véronique ^b   Bingham, Annie ^a  

^a HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

^b MONICA Collaborating Ctr Strasbourg   (France)

^c MONICA Collaborating Centre Lille   (France)

^d MONICA Toulouse   (France)

Author keywords

Arterial hypertension; Cardiovascular risk factors; Coronary heart disease; Education; Occupational categories; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY RISK; EMPLOYEE; FRANCE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGER; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN AREA; WORKER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0030994765     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.1.47     Document Type: Article

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