Association between sauna bathing and fatal cardiovascular and all-cause mortality events

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 542-548

  Laukkanen, Tanjaniina ^a   Khan, Hassan ^b   Zaccardi, Francesco ^c   Laukkanen, Jari A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUNA; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINLAND; MORTALITY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY DISEASE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; STEAM BATH;

EID: 84928177018     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.8187     Document Type: Article

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