Changes in estimated coronary risk in the 1980s: Data from 38 populations in the WHO MONICA Project

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-205

  Dobson, Annette J ^a   Evans, Alun ^b   Ferrario, Marco ^c   Kuulasmaa, Kari A ^d   Moltchanov, Vladislav A ^d   Sans, Susann ^e   Tunstall Pedoe, Hugh ^f   Tuomilehto, Jaakko O ^d   Wedel, Hans ^g   Yarnell, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^g NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Risk factors; Risk scores; Trends; WHO MONICA Project

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0031959669     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853899808999404     Document Type: Review

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