Forty-year trends in cardiovascular risk factors in Finland

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 539-546

  Borodulin, Katja ^a   Vartiainen, Erkki ^a   Peltonen, Markku ^a   Jousilahti, Pekka ^a   Juolevi, Anne ^a   Laatikainen, Tiina ^a,b,c   Männistö, Satu ^a   Salomaa, Veikko ^a   Sundvall, Jouko ^a   Puska, Pekka ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84939512410     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku174     Document Type: Article

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