Migration and coronary heart disease: A study of Finnish twins living in Sweden and their co-twins residing in Finland

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 468-474

  Hedlund, Ebba ^a   Hammar, Niklas ^a   Kaprio, Jaakko ^b   Lange, Anders ^c   Koskenvuo, Markku ^d   Jartti, Laura ^d   Rönnemaa, Tapani ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

CHD; country of birth; Finland; migration; Sweden; twin studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWEDEN; TWINS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; DISEASES IN TWINS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34547732904     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940701256875     Document Type: Article

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