Myocardial infarction risk and occupational categories in Kaunas 25-64 year old men
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Myocardial infarction risk and occupational categories in Kaunas 25-64 year old men.
AIMS To investigate the risk of a first time myocardial infarction (MI) among different occupational categories in 25-64 year old men in Kaunas, Lithuania, a country in a transition market economy. METHODS Case-control study among men aged 25-64 who were residents in Kaunas between 1997 and 2000. First time, non-fatal MI cases (n = 448) were identified from the MI hospital register (Internati...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1351-0711
DOI: 10.1136/oem.59.11.745