Cardiovascular risk factor changes in Finland, 1972–1997
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Thirty-five-year trends in cardiovascular risk factors in Finland.
BACKGROUND In the late 1960s, coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality among Finnish men was the highest in the world. From 1972 to 2007, risk factor surveys have been carried out to monitor risk factor trends and assess their contribution to declining mortality in Finland. METHODS The first risk factor survey was carried out in the North Karelia and Kuopio provinces in 1972 as the basis for th...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1464-3685,0300-5771
DOI: 10.1093/ije/29.1.49