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High stored iron levels are associated with excess risk of myocardial infarction in eastern Finnish men. Circulation (1992) 7.11
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Catch-up growth in childhood and death from coronary heart disease: longitudinal study. BMJ (1999) 5.17
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The relation between blood pressure and mortality due to coronary heart disease among men in different parts of the world. Seven Countries Study Research Group. N Engl J Med (2000) 4.29
Do cardiovascular risk factors explain the relation between socioeconomic status, risk of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, and acute myocardial infarction? Am J Epidemiol (1996) 4.23
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Mapping genes for NIDDM. Design of the Finland-United States Investigation of NIDDM Genetics (FUSION) Study. Diabetes Care (1998) 3.99
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The Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration: analysis of individual data on lipid, inflammatory and other markers in over 1.1 million participants in 104 prospective studies of cardiovascular diseases. Eur J Epidemiol (2007) 3.81
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Changes in coronary risk factors during comprehensive five-year community programme to control cardiovascular diseases (North Karelia project). Br Med J (1979) 3.75
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The fetal and childhood growth of persons who develop type 2 diabetes. Ann Intern Med (2000) 3.10
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Theory and action for health promotion illustrations from the North Karelia Project. Am J Public Health (1982) 2.95
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Prospective observational study to assess value of prostate specific antigen as screening test for prostate cancer. BMJ (1995) 2.80
Decline in mortality from coronary heart disease in Finland from 1969 to 1979. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) (1983) 2.80
Growth in utero and during childhood among women who develop coronary heart disease: longitudinal study. BMJ (1999) 2.78
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Changes in smoking, serum cholesterol and blood pressure levels during a community-based cardiovascular disease prevention program--the North Karelia Project. Am J Epidemiol (1981) 2.72
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