Impact of unhealthy behaviors on cardiovascular mortality in Finland, 1978-1993

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-100

  Luoto, Riitta ^a   Prättälä, Ritva ^a   Uutela, Antti ^a   Puska, Pekka ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular mortality; Community studies; Education; Health behavior; Social class

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 0031927687     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1997.0249     Document Type: Article

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