Published in Bull World Health Organ on January 01, 1997
Metabolic syndrome in a sub-Saharan African setting: central obesity may be the key determinant. Atherosclerosis (2006) 2.01
Tobacco smoking in Tanzania, East Africa: population based smoking prevalence using expired alveolar carbon monoxide as a validation tool. Tob Control (2002) 1.19
Changes in cardiovascular risk factors in different socioeconomic groups: seven year trends in a Chinese urban population. J Epidemiol Community Health (2000) 1.10
Prevalence of uncontrolled hypertension in primary care settings in Al seeb wilayat, oman. Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J (2011) 0.89
Distribution and determinants of body mass index of non-smoking adults in Delhi, India. J Health Popul Nutr (2007) 0.80
Where do Overweight Women in Ghana Live? Answers from Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis. J Public Health Africa (2012) 0.75
The epidemiologic transition. A theory of the epidemiology of population change. Milbank Mem Fund Q (1971) 13.96
International trends in coronary heart disease mortality, morbidity, and risk factors. Epidemiol Rev (1990) 1.86
Mass media campaign--A Su Salud. Prev Med (1988) 1.75
Clustering of cardiovascular disease risk factors. Prev Med (1980) 1.29
Trends in total mortality and mortality from heart disease in 26 countries from 1950 to 1978. Int J Epidemiol (1985) 1.26
Causes of the trends and variations in CHD mortality in different countries. Int J Epidemiol (1989) 1.23
Trends in CHD mortality, morbidity and risk factor levels from 1960 to 1986: the Minnesota Heart Survey. Int J Epidemiol (1989) 1.19
The global impact of noncommunicable diseases: estimates and projections. World Health Stat Q (1988) 1.09
Trends and determinants of CHD mortality: changes in risk factors and their effects. Int J Epidemiol (1989) 1.03
The relationship of lifestyle to international trends in CHD. Int J Epidemiol (1989) 0.92
Synergistic effects of risk factors. Clin Exp Hypertens A (1990) 0.89
The growing noncommunicable disease burden, a challenge for the countries of the Americas. Bull Pan Am Health Organ (1987) 0.88
The prevention and control of chronic diseases: reducing unnecessary deaths and disability--a conference report. Public Health Rep (1987) 0.84
Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) 2008 update (in collaboration with the World Health Organization, GA(2)LEN and AllerGen). Allergy (2008) 12.35
The diagnosis of osteoporosis. J Bone Miner Res (1994) 10.90
Allergic rhinitis and its impact on asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2001) 7.27
Validation of self reported smoking by serum cotinine measurement in a community-based study. J Epidemiol Community Health (2002) 5.48
Midlife vascular risk factors and Alzheimer's disease in later life: longitudinal, population based study. BMJ (2001) 5.40
Controlled, randomised trial of the effect of dietary fat on blood pressure. Lancet (1983) 5.31
Three different phenotypes of erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes in Finland. J Antimicrob Chemother (1993) 4.83
Resistance to erythromycin in group A streptococci. N Engl J Med (1992) 4.42
Urinary sodium excretion and cardiovascular mortality in Finland: a prospective study. Lancet (2001) 4.39
The community-based strategy to prevent coronary heart disease: conclusions from the ten years of the North Karelia project. Annu Rev Public Health (1985) 4.30
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
Change in risk factors for coronary heart disease during 10 years of a community intervention programme (North Karelia project). Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) (1983) 4.00
Changes in risk factors explain changes in mortality from ischaemic heart disease in Finland. BMJ (1994) 3.92
Cardiovascular risk factor changes in Finland, 1972-1997. Int J Epidemiol (2000) 3.78
Changes in coronary risk factors during comprehensive five-year community programme to control cardiovascular diseases (North Karelia project). Br Med J (1979) 3.75
Midlife vascular risk factors and late-life mild cognitive impairment: A population-based study. Neurology (2001) 3.56
Symptoms of chronic bronchitis and the risk of coronary disease. Lancet (1996) 3.03
Nicotine dependence versus smoking prevalence: comparisons among countries and categories of smokers. Tob Control (1996) 3.01
Theory and action for health promotion illustrations from the North Karelia Project. Am J Public Health (1982) 2.95
Twenty-year trends in coronary risk factors in north Karelia and in other areas of Finland. Int J Epidemiol (1994) 2.91
Social class, health behaviour, and mortality among men and women in eastern Finland. BMJ (1995) 2.89
Serum total cholesterol, apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 allele, and Alzheimer's disease. Neuroepidemiology (1998) 2.83
Reduction of oropharyngeal carriage of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) in children immunized with an Hib conjugate vaccine. J Infect Dis (1991) 2.83
Decline in mortality from coronary heart disease in Finland from 1969 to 1979. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) (1983) 2.80
Sex, age, cardiovascular risk factors, and coronary heart disease: a prospective follow-up study of 14 786 middle-aged men and women in Finland. Circulation (1999) 2.78
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
Interim report and recommendations of the World Health Organization Task-Force for Osteoporosis. Osteoporos Int (1999) 2.70
Community-based noncommunicable disease interventions: lessons from developed countries for developing ones. Bull World Health Organ (2001) 2.68
The North Karelia project: an attempt at community prevention of cardiovascular disease. WHO Chron (1973) 2.53
Dietary factors determining diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance. A 20-year follow-up of the Finnish and Dutch cohorts of the Seven Countries Study. Diabetes Care (1995) 2.44
Two-hour glucose is a better risk predictor for incident coronary heart disease and cardiovascular mortality than fasting glucose. Eur Heart J (2002) 2.31
Body mass index and the risk of Parkinson disease. Neurology (2006) 2.28
Education and dementia: what lies behind the association? Neurology (2007) 2.26
Pulmonary function, smoking cessation and 30 year mortality in middle aged Finnish men. Thorax (2000) 2.25
World Health Organization and International League of Associations for Rheumatology core endpoints for symptom modifying antirheumatic drugs in rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials. J Rheumatol Suppl (1994) 2.23
Decline in cardiovascular mortality in North Karelia and other parts of Finland. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) (1986) 2.22
Physical activity and risk of myocardial infarction, cerebral stroke and death: a longitudinal study in Eastern Finland. Am J Epidemiol (1982) 2.20
Social connections and mortality from all causes and from cardiovascular disease: prospective evidence from eastern Finland. Am J Epidemiol (1988) 2.20
Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA): achievements in 10 years and future needs. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2012) 2.17
Reduction of serum cholesterol with sitostanol-ester margarine in a mildly hypercholesterolemic population. N Engl J Med (1995) 2.15
Cross-reactivity between Chlamydiazyme and Acinetobacter strains. N Engl J Med (1986) 2.09
Socioeconomic status and ischemic stroke: The FINMONICA Stroke Register. Stroke (2001) 2.06
Changes in morbidity and mortality during comprehensive community programme to control cardiovascular diseases during 1972-7 in North Karelia. Br Med J (1979) 2.05
Body weight, cardiovascular risk factors, and coronary mortality. 15-year follow-up of middle-aged men and women in eastern Finland. Circulation (1996) 2.02
Inverse correlation between plasma vitamin E and mortality from ischemic heart disease in cross-cultural epidemiology. Am J Clin Nutr (1991) 2.01
Prevalence of morbidity and multimorbidity in elderly male populations and their impact on 10-year all-cause mortality: The FINE study (Finland, Italy, Netherlands, Elderly). J Clin Epidemiol (2001) 1.85
Projected effects of high-risk versus population-based prevention strategies in coronary heart disease. Am J Epidemiol (1985) 1.84
Incidence and presentation of myocardial infarction in North Karelia, Finland. Acta Med Scand (1975) 1.84
Serum cholesterol and risk of accidental or violent death in a 25-year follow-up. The Finnish cohorts of the Seven Countries Study. Arch Intern Med (1989) 1.82
Serum cholesterol changes after midlife and late-life cognition: twenty-one-year follow-up study. Neurology (2007) 1.81
Relationship of socioeconomic status to the incidence and prehospital, 28-day, and 1-year mortality rates of acute coronary events in the FINMONICA myocardial infarction register study. Circulation (2000) 1.79
A voxel based morphometry study on mild cognitive impairment. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry (2005) 1.79
Occupational, commuting, and leisure-time physical activity in relation to risk for Type 2 diabetes in middle-aged Finnish men and women. Diabetologia (2003) 1.79
Smoking cessation, decline in pulmonary function and total mortality: a 30 year follow up study among the Finnish cohorts of the Seven Countries Study. Thorax (2001) 1.76
Psychology in action. Mass communication and community organization for public health education. Am Psychol (1980) 1.75
Ten years of the North Karelia Project: results with community-based prevention of coronary heart disease. Scand J Soc Med (1983) 1.71
Nightmares as predictors of suicide. Sleep (2001) 1.71
Trends in cigarette smoking in 36 populations from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s: findings from the WHO MONICA Project. Am J Public Health (2001) 1.69
GINA guidelines on asthma and beyond. Allergy (2007) 1.69
Changes in population cholesterol levels and coronary heart disease deaths in seven countries. Eur Heart J (1997) 1.68
Long-term cost and life-expectancy consequences of hypertension. J Hypertens (1998) 1.68
Occasional smoking increases total and cardiovascular mortality among men. Nicotine Tob Res (2000) 1.67
Association between cardiovascular death and myocardial infarction and serum selenium in a matched-pair longitudinal study. Lancet (1982) 1.66
The Finnish evidence-based guideline for open-angle glaucoma. Acta Ophthalmol Scand (2003) 1.66
Dietary pattern and 20 year mortality in elderly men in Finland, Italy, and The Netherlands: longitudinal cohort study. BMJ (1997) 1.66
Rethinking the terms non-communicable disease and chronic disease. J Epidemiol Community Health (2003) 1.64
Mortality from all causes and from coronary heart disease related to smoking and changes in smoking during a 35-year follow-up of middle-aged Finnish men. Eur Heart J (2000) 1.63
Self rated health and mortality: a long term prospective study in eastern Finland. J Epidemiol Community Health (2001) 1.60
Relation of socioeconomic position to the case fatality, prognosis and treatment of myocardial infarction events; the FINMONICA MI Register Study. J Epidemiol Community Health (2001) 1.57
Cigarette smoking and mortality risk: twenty-five-year follow-up of the Seven Countries Study. Arch Intern Med (1999) 1.56
Physical activity in relation to cognitive decline in elderly men: the FINE Study. Neurology (2004) 1.56
Hypertension in developing economies: a review of population-based studies carried out from 1980 to 1998. J Hypertens (2000) 1.53
Oral, transdermal and vaginal combined contraceptives induce an increase in markers of chronic inflammation and impair insulin sensitivity in young healthy normal-weight women: a randomized study. Hum Reprod (2012) 1.52
Cardiovascular risk factors and 10-year all-cause mortality in elderly European male populations; the FINE study. Finland, Italy, Netherlands, Elderly. Eur Heart J (2001) 1.51
When does rheumatoid disease start? Arthritis Rheum (1985) 1.50
High serum cholesterol and risk of suicide. Am J Psychiatry (2000) 1.48
Relation of adult height to cause-specific and total mortality: a prospective follow-up study of 31,199 middle-aged men and women in Finland. Am J Epidemiol (2000) 1.48
Cost-effectiveness of the North Karelia Hypertension Program. 1972-1977. Med Care (1986) 1.46
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. J Cardiovasc Risk (1996) 1.46
Effect of diet on serum lipoproteins in a population with a high risk of coronary heart disease. N Engl J Med (1982) 1.45
Joint heavy use of alcohol, cigarettes and coffee and the risk of suicide. Addiction (2000) 1.41
Prioritised research agenda for prevention and control of chronic respiratory diseases. Eur Respir J (2010) 1.41
Gender differences in recurrent coronary events; the FINMONICA MI register. Eur Heart J (2001) 1.41
Food intake patterns and 25-year mortality from coronary heart disease: cross-cultural correlations in the Seven Countries Study. The Seven Countries Study Research Group. Eur J Epidemiol (1999) 1.41
A randomized, prospective study on the use of sodium hyaluronate (Healon) in trabeculectomy. Ophthalmic Surg (1994) 1.40
Coronary risk factors and socioeconomic status in Eastern Finland. Prev Med (1978) 1.39
[Global alliance against chronic respiratory diseases]. Pneumonol Alergol Pol (2008) 1.39
Dietary factors and pulmonary function: a cross sectional study in middle aged men from three European countries. Thorax (1999) 1.38
Chronic respiratory diseases at primary health care level in Georgia: the results of the pilot study. Monaldi Arch Chest Dis (2009) 1.38