Thirty-five-year trends in cardiovascular risk factors in Finland

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 504-518

  Vartiainen, Erkki ^a   Laatikainen, Tiina ^a   Peltonen, Markku ^a   Juolevi, Anne ^a   Männistö, Satu ^a   Sundvall, Jouko ^a   Jousilahti, Pekka ^a   Salomaa, Veikko ^a   Valsta, Liisa ^a   Puska, Pekka ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Body mass index; Cardiovascular diseases; Cholesterol; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SMOKING;

FINLAND; ITA SUOMEN; KARELIA [(ADS) RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; KUOPIO; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 77952721703     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp330     Document Type: Article

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