Changes in Coronary Heart Disease Risk Among Japanese
CirculationPublished 16 December 2008Open access
Hiroyasu Iso
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Japan has experienced rapid changes in lifestyles and environment accompanying socioeconomic development and maturation since the 1960s, and there is growing concern about a possible increase in the incidence of and mortality from CHD because of the westernization of lifestyles such as high-fat diets and sedentary work patterns.
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