Changes in premature deaths in Finland: Successful long-term prevention of cardiovascular diseases

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 419-425

  Puska, P ^a   Vartiainen, E ^a   Tuomilehto, J ^a   Salomaa, V ^a   Nissinen, A ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH IMPACT; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET; FINLAND; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SURVIVAL TIME; VIOLENCE;

BIOLOGY; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; CAUSES OF DEATH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EUROPE; FINLAND; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; HEART DISEASES; LONGTERM EFFECTS; MEDICINE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; NORTHERN EUROPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SCANDINAVIA; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

FINLAND;

EID: 0031781379     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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