Changes In Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Three Japanese National Surveys 1971-1990

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 93-107

  Sakata, Kiyomi ^a   Labarthe, Darwin R ^a,b  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease risk factors; Japan; Serum total cholesterol; Systolic blood pressure; Trends

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34247388482     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.6.93     Document Type: Article

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