Editorial: Tall is beautiful and heart-healthy?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1674-1676

  Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b SOUTH OSTROBOTHNIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SHORT STATURE; TALL STATURE; BODY HEIGHT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; NOTE; RISK FACTOR;

BODY HEIGHT; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77954797520     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq183     Document Type: Editorial

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