Coronary heart disease risk factors ranked by importance for the individual and community: A 21 year follow-up of 12 000 men and women from the Copenhagen City Heart Study

European Heart Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 620-626

  Schnohr, P ^a   Jensen, J S ^a,b   Scharling, H ^a   Nordestgaard, B G ^a,c  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Relative and population attributable risks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CORONARY DISEASE; DENMARK; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0036554781     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.2001.2842     Document Type: Article

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