Coronary heart disease risk factors in Croatia and worldwide: Results of the interheart study;Koronarni čimbenici rlzika u hrvatskoj i u svijetu: Rezultati interheart studije

Acta Medica Croatica

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 299-306

  Carević, Vedran ^a   Rumboldt, Mirjana ^b   Rumboldt, Zvonko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Myocardial infarction; Risk factors; South Croatia

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RED WINE; RISK FACTOR; SITTING; SMOKING; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VEGETABLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY;

CORONARY DISEASE; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34347241754     PISSN: 13300164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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