Baseline cardiovascular risk factors and stroke mortality by municipality population size in a 19-year follow-up study-NIPPON DATA80

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 135-143

  Nishi, Nobuo ^a  

^a RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Multilevel analysis; Rural population; Stroke mortality; Urban population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; STROKE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STROKE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 54449093722     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE2008034     Document Type: Article

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