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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Secular trends in cardiovascular risk factors with a 36-year perspective: Observations from 38- and 50-year-olds in the Population Study of Women in Gothenburg

Cecilia Björkelund Department of Public Health and Community Medicine/Primary Health Care, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of GothenburgCorrespondence[email protected]
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Dominique Andersson-Hange Department of Public Health and Community Medicine/Primary Health Care, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
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Kate Andersson Department of Public Health and Community Medicine/Primary Health Care, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
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Calle Bengtsson Department of Public Health and Community Medicine/Primary Health Care, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
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Ann Blomstrand Department of Public Health and Community Medicine/Primary Health Care, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
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Dorota Bondyr-Carlsson Department of Public Health and Community Medicine/Primary Health Care, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
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Gabriele Eiben Department of Public Health and Community Medicine/Primary Health Care, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
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Kerstin Rödström Department of Public Health and Community Medicine/Primary Health Care, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
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Agneta Sjöberg Department of Public Health and Community Medicine/Primary Health Care, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
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Valter Sundh Department of Public Health and Community Medicine/Primary Health Care, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
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Lilian Weman Department of Public Health and Community Medicine/Primary Health Care, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
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Dimitri Zylberstein Department of Public Health and Community Medicine/Primary Health Care, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
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Magnus Hakeberg Institution of Odontology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg; School of Health Sciences, Jönköping University, Sweden
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Lauren Lissner Department of Public Health and Community Medicine/Primary Health Care, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
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Pages 140-146 | Received 29 May 2007, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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