Secular trends in social patterning of cardiovascular risk factor levels in Sweden. The Northern Sweden MONICA Study 1986-1994

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-9

  Peltonen, M ^a   Huhtasaari, F ^b   Stegmayr, B ^a   Lundberg, V ^c   Asplund, K ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Luleå Boden Hospital   (Sweden)

^c Kalix Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Socio economic; Sweden; Time trends

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031858956     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.1998.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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