Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study: General outline and recent developments

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 45-54

  Åkerblom, Hans K ^a,e   Viikari, Jorma ^b   Raitakari, Olli T ^b,c   Uhari, Matti ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Blood pressure; Clustering; Diet; Physical activity; Psychological risk factors; Serum insulin; Serum lipoproteins; Tracking

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAR DRIVING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY RISK; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

EID: 0032952268     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07853890.1999.11904399     Document Type: Conference Paper

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