Original papers: Epidemiology
Fuentes, Ricardo M.a; Notkola, Irma-Leenab,c; Shemeikka, Sirpaa; Tuomilehto, Jaakkob; Nissinen, Aulikkib
aDepartment of Public Health and General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, bDepartment of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki and cPopulation Research Unit, Department of Sociology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Sponsorship: This study was funded by the Juho Vainio Foundation, the Finnish Cultural Foundation of Northern Savo, the Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular Research, the Ministry of Education of Finland and the Academy of Finland.
Correspondence and requests for reprints to Dr Ricardo M. Fuentes, Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Kuopio, PO Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland. Tel: +358 017 162923; fax: +358 017 162937; e-mail: [email protected]
Received 12 February 2001
Revised 14 September 2001
Accepted 10 October 2001
