Ten year trends in chronic disease risk factors in the Republic of Karelia, Russia

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 666-673

  Vlasoff, Tiina ^a   Laatikainen, Tiina ^b   Korpelainen, Vesa ^a   Uhanov, Mihail ^c   Pokusajeva, Svetlana ^c   Rogacheva, Anastasiya ^b   Tossavainen, Kerttu ^d   Vartiainen, Erkki ^b   Puska, Pekka ^b  

^a North Karelia Centre for Public Health   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Central Hospital of Pitkaranta   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Health behaviour; Monitoring; Risk factors; Russia

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREND STUDY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RUSSIA; SMOKING;

EID: 56749182306     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckn063     Document Type: Article

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