Predicting Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke: The FINRISK Calculator

Global Heart

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 213-216

  Vartiainen, Erkki ^a   Laatikainen, Tiina ^a,b   Peltonen, Markku ^a   Puska, Pekka ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FINRISK RISK; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; REPUBLIC OF KARELIA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FORECASTING; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY DISEASE; FINLAND; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 85008631622     PISSN: 22118160     EISSN: 22118179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2016.04.007     Document Type: Review

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