Estimation of seasonal variations in risk factor profiles and mortality from coronary heart disease

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 116, Issue 19-20, 2004, Pages 662-668

  Ulmer, Hanno ^a,b   Kelleher, Cecily ^c   Diem, Günter ^b   Concin, Hans ^b   Ruttmann, Elfriede ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b AGENCY FOR PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Mortality; Risk factors; SCORE; Seasonal variations

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 8744223575     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-004-0222-x     Document Type: Article

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