Risk factors for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases among ethnic Germans from the former Soviet Union: Results of a nested case-control study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kuhrs, Ema ^a   Winkler, Volker ^a   Becher, Heiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aussiedler; CVD Mortality; Migrants; Nested case control study; Risk factors; Soviet Union

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; RUSSIA;

EID: 84857931993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-19022413759     Document Type: Article

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