Commentary: The Finnish success of cardiovascular risk factor reduction

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 518-519

  Nordestgaard, Børge G ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC DISEASE; FINLAND; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING;

CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 77952711247     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq004     Document Type: Note

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