Public health significance of four cardiovascular risk factors assessed 25 years ago in a low prevalence country

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 151-160

  Faeh, David ^a   Braun, Julia ^a   Tarnutzer, Silvan ^a   Bopp, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease mortality; expected survival; MONICA; population attributable risk; risk factors; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84873891105     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741826711430282     Document Type: Article

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