Birthplace predicts risk for prehospital sudden cardiac death in middle-aged men who migrated to metropolitan area: The Helsinki Sudden Death Study

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-65

  Tyynelä, Petri ^a,b   Goebeler, Sirkka ^b   Ilveskoski, Erkki ^b   Mikkelsson, Jussi ^b   Perola, Markus ^c   Löytönen, Markku ^a   Karhunen, Pekka J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Birthplace; Finland; Risk factors; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUTOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ENVIRONMENT; FINLAND; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 60549113521     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 16512219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07853890802258753     Document Type: Article

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