Lifestyle and 15-year survival free of heart attack, stroke, and diabetes in middle-aged British men

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 2433-2440

  Wannamethee, S Goya ^a   Shaper, A Gerald ^a   Walker, Mary ^a   Ebrahim, Shah ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032556631     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.22.2433     Document Type: Article

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