Once at risk - Forever at risk? The long-term impact of cardiovascular risk factors on death

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 409-410

  Hense, Hans Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3543043739     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EJEP.0000027367.21728.c2     Document Type: Short Survey

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