Public health burden of coronary heart disease risk factors among middle-aged and elderly men

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 343-348

  Haapanen Niemi, Nina ^a   Vuori, Ilkka ^a   Pasanen, Matti ^a  

^a UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Population attributable risk; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FINLAND; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

EID: 0032807801     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1998.0426     Document Type: Article

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