Long-term predictors of survival for the Seven Countries Study cohort from Crete: From 1960 to 2000

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-91

  Moschandreas, Joanna ^a   Kafatos, Anthony ^a   Aravanis, Christ ^b   Dontas, Anastassios ^c   Menotti, Alessandro ^d   Kromhout, Daan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b ATHENS MEDICAL CENTER   (Greece)

^c Ctr Studs Age Related Changes Man   (Greece)

^d Association for Cardiac Research   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Proportional hazards; Risk factors; Risk, mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GREECE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 16844370841     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.08.052     Document Type: Article

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