Trends of cardiovascular risk factors and diseases in Japan: Implications for primordial prevention

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6 I, 1999, Pages

  Iso, Hiroyasu ^a   Shimamoto, Takashi ^a   Kitamura, Akihiko ^b   Iida, Minoru ^b   Komachi, Yoshio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Osaka Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases ^*  (Japan)

^c OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Japan; Risk trends

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 0033403369     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1998.0402     Document Type: Article

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