Aragon workers' health study - design and cohort description

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Casasnovas, José A ^a   Alcaide, Victor ^b   Civeira, Fernando ^c   Guallar, Eliseo ^d,e,j   Ibañez, Borja ^d,f   Borreguero, Jesús J ^d,g   Laclaustra, Martin ^d   León, Montserrat ^a   Peñalvo, José L ^d   Ordovás, José M ^d,h,i   Pocovi, Miguel ^j,k   Sanz, Ginés ^d   Fuster, Valentín ^d,l  

^a INSTITUTO ARAGONÉS DE CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^d CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^h TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ IMDEA FOOD INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^k CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

^l MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE ARM BLOOD PRESSURE INDEX; ARAGON WORKER HEALTH STUDY; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; BODY MASS; CALCIUM CORONARY SCORE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; SPAIN; STANDARDIZATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOMOBILES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INDUSTRY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862302879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-12-45     Document Type: Article

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