Research Activities of Epidemiology in Japan Cardiovascular Disease A Brief Review of Epidemiological Studies on Ischemic Heart Disease in Japan

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue , 1996, Pages 49-59

  Tanaka, Heizo ^a   Chen, Hao ^a   Nakayama, Takeo ^a   Yokoyama, Tetsuji ^a   lwaoka, Hiroko ^a   Zanman, Mohannnnad Mostafa ^a   lchimura, Takayoshi ^a   Kushiro, Wakako ^a,d   Chowdhury, Anisui Haque ^a   Date, Chigusa ^b   Yoshiike, Nobuo ^c   Iwaya, Masako ^c   Yamaguchi, Momoko ^c   Matsumura, Yasuhiro ^c   Sugiyama, Mlichiko ^c   Noji, Ariko ^d   Kim, In Sook ^e   Kwan, Tae Bong ^f   Cho, Byung Mann ^g  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^d ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

^f Hallym College   (South Korea)

^g Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ischemic heart disease; Japanese story; morbidity; mortality; RFLP; risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 85024275398     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.6.3sup_49     Document Type: Article

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