A 15.5-year cohort study on risk factors for possible myocardial infarction and sudden death within 24 hours in a rural Japanese community

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-22

  Shimozato, Makoto ^a   Nakayama, Takeo ^a   Yokoyama, Tetsuji ^a   Yoshi ike, Nobuo ^b   Yamaguchi, Momoko ^b   Date, Chigusa ^c  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^c OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Low serum cholesterol; Myocardial infarction; Risk factors; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 1042273685     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.6.15     Document Type: Article

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