Heart rate and mortality from cardiovascular causes: A 12 year follow-up study of 379 843 men and women aged 40-45 years

European Heart Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 2772-2781

  Tverdal, Aage ^a   Hjellvik, Vidar ^a   Selmer, Randi ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular disease; Ischaemic heart disease; Mortality; Risk factor; Smoking; Stroke; Total cholesterol

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 56449128752     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn435     Document Type: Article

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