Epidemiology of cardiovascular risk factors in Greece: Aims, design and baseline characteristics of the ATTICA study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-9

  Pitsavos, Christos ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^a   Chrysohoou, Christina ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMYLOID A PROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOGEN; HOMOCYSTEINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GREECE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 3042675603     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-3-32     Document Type: Article

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