Residence in mountainous compared with lowland areas in relation to total and coronary mortality. A study in rural Greece

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 274-278

  Baibas, Nikos ^a   Trichopoulou, Antonia ^a   Voridis, Eftihios ^b   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Athens Euroclinic   (Greece)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; MOUNTAIN; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; WALKING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALTITUDE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALTITUDE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; URIC ACID;

EID: 15544367223     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2004.025510     Document Type: Article

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