Cohort profile: The cardiovascular risk in young Finns study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1220-1226

  Raitakari, Olli T ^a   Juonala, Markus ^a   Rönnemaa, Tapani ^a   Keltikangas Järvinen, Liisa ^b   Räsänen, Leena ^b   Pietikäinen, Matti ^c   Hutri Kähönen, Nina ^d   Taittonen, Leena ^e   Jokinen, Eero ^b   Marniemi, Jukka ^f   Jula, Antti ^f   Telama, Risto ^g   Kähönen, Mika ^d   Lehtimäki, Terho ^d   Åkerblom, Hans K ^b   Viikari, Jorma S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Center of Social and Health Services   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^f NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GENOMIC DNA;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH RISK;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 48349091501     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym225     Document Type: Article

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