Hierarchical analysis of cardiovascular risk factors in relation to the development of acute coronary syndromes, in different parts of Greece: The CARDIO2000 study

Angiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 156-165

  Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^a,c   Pitsavos, Christos ^b   Chrysohoou, Christine ^b   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^b  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Coronary; Greece; Risk

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX RATIO; SMOKING;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SMOKING; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 42049116815     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319707304576     Document Type: Article

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