Comparison of multivariate predictive power of major risk factors for coronary heart diseases in different countries: Results from eight nations of the Seven Countries Study, 25-year follow-up

Journal of Cardiovascular Risk

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-75

  Menotti, Alessandro ^a   Keys, Ancel ^a   Blackburn, Henry ^a   Kromhout, Daan ^b   Karvonen, Martti ^c   Nissinen, Aulikki ^d   Pekkanen, Juha ^e   Punsar, Sven ^c   Fidanza, Flaminio ^f   Giampaoli, Simona ^g   Seccareccia, Fulvia ^g   Buzina, Ratko ^h   Mohacek, Ivan ⁱ   Nedeljkovic, Srecko ^j   Aravanis, Christ ^k   Dontas, Anastasios ^l   Toshima, Hironori ^m   Lanti, Mariapaola ⁿ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c University of Kuopio ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^g ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^h WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^k ATHENS MEDICAL CENTER   (Greece)

^l Center of Study   (Serbia)

^m KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁿ Italian Institute of Social Medicine   (Serbia)

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Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Multivariate analysis; Prediction; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; GREECE; HUMAN; ITALY; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 8944220242     PISSN: 13506277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043798-199602000-00010     Document Type: Article

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