Regional disparities in cardiovascular risk factors in France: A five- year analysis of the GAZEL cohort

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 535-543

  Tran, Patrick Dang ^a   Leclerc, Annette ^a   Chastang, Jean François ^a   Goldberg, Marcel ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

High lipids; Hypertension; Obesity; Prevalence; Region

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031654551     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007437517370     Document Type: Article

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