Late-life coronary heart disease mortality of Finnish war veterans in the TAMRISK study, a 28-year follow-up

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kunnas, Tarja ^a   Solakivi, Tiina ^a   Renko, Jaana ^a   Kalela, Anne ^a   Nikkari, Seppo T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

^b Tullinkulma Occupational Health Unit   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN POPULATION; VETERAN; WAR;

AGE FACTORS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VETERANS; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79351468998     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-71     Document Type: Article

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