Smoking, blood pressure and serum cholesterol - Effects on 20-year mortality

Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 24-29

  Houterman, Saskia ^a   Verschuren, W M Monique ^a   Kromhout, Daan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cholesterol levels; Mortality risk; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD; HEART DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0037209249     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200301000-00010     Document Type: Article

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