Assessment of the general health profile trends in the male population of Tallinn, Estonia

Public Health

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 303-308

  Volozh, O ^a,c   Deev, A ^b   Solodkaya, E ^a   Abina, J ^a   Kalyuste, T ^a   Kaup, R ^a   Goldsteine, G ^a   Olferiev, A ^b  

^a Institute for Cardiology   (Estonia)

^b NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR THERAPY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

^c Estonian Institute of Cardiology   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Health index; Health profile; Population study; Trends

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; EDUCATION; ESTONIA; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SMOKING; SURVIVAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ESTONIA; TALLINN;

EID: 0031758631     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(98)00259-5     Document Type: Article

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