Perceived health modifies the effect of biomedical risk factors in the prediction of acute myocardial infarction. An incident case-control study from Northern Sweden

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 243, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-107

  Weinehall, L ^a   Johnson, O ^a   Jansson, J H ^a   Boman, K ^a   Huhtasaari, F ^a   Hallmans, G ^a   Dahlen, G H ^a   Wall, S ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Biomedical risk factors; Nested case control study; Perceived health

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031982175     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.1998.00201.x     Document Type: Article

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