Relation of adult height to cause-specific and total mortality: A prospective follow-up study of 31,199 middle-aged men and women in Finland

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 151, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1112-1120

  Jousilahti, Pekka ^a   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^a   Vartiainen, Erkki ^a   Eriksson, Johan ^a   Puska, Pekka ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Mortality; Neoplasms; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0034210163     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010155     Document Type: Article

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