The joint impact of family history of myocardial infarction and other risk factors on 12-year coronary heart disease mortality

Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 767-770

  Boer, Jolanda M A ^a,b,c   Feskens, Edith J M ^a   Verschuren, W M Monique ^a   Seidell, Jacob C ^a   Kromhout, Daan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Coronary heart disease; Family history; Gender; Joint effects; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORONARY RISK; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 0032719544     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199911000-00020     Document Type: Article

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