Comparative total mortality in 25 years in Italian and Greek middle aged rural men

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 638-644

  Dontas, A S ^a   Menotti, A ^b   Aravanis, C ^c   Ioannidis, P ^d   Seccareccia, F ^e  

^a Center of Studies of Age Related Changes in Man   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c ATHENS MEDICAL CENTER   (Greece)

^d SISMANOGLIO HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^e ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH RISK; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREECE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ITALY; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VITAL CAPACITY;

GREECE; ITALY;

EID: 0031666561     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.52.10.638     Document Type: Article

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