Prevalence of risk factors for coronary heart disease in a mountain community in northern Italy

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 891-897

  Pasini, Gian Franco ^b   Donato, Francesco ^a   Buizza, Maria Adele ^a   Fantoni, Cristina ^a   Gelatti, Umberto ^a   Tani, Marco ^a   Grassi, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale di Gavardo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Epidemlology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0032869582     PISSN: 00465968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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