Aragon workers’ health study – design and cohort description
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Aragon workers’ health study – design and cohort description
BACKGROUND Spain, a Mediterranean country with relatively low rates of coronary heart disease, has a high prevalence of traditional cardiovascular risk factors and is experiencing a severe epidemic of overweight/obesity. We designed the Aragon Workers' Health Study (AWHS) to characterize the factors associated with metabolic abnormalities and subclinical atherosclerosis in a middle aged populat...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1471-2261
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-12-45