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Pekka Puska
Researcher at National Institutes of Health
Publications - 316
Citations - 31002
Pekka Puska is an academic researcher from National Institutes of Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Risk factor. The author has an hindex of 71, co-authored 313 publications receiving 29164 citations. Previous affiliations of Pekka Puska include National Institute for Health and Welfare & World Heart Federation.
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Ten years of the North Karelia project.
TL;DR: The North Karelia project, started in eastern Finland in 1972, has been a major community-based study on the prevention of CHD and the results of the 10-year evaluation illustrate the feasibility and consequences of the approach.
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Angiotensin-converting enzyme genotypes in the high- and low-risk area for coronary heart disease in Finland.
Markus Perola,Antti Sajantila,Cinzia Sarti,Jari H. Stengård,Markku Tamminen,Pekka Puska,Jussi Huttunen,Jaakko Tuomilehto,Leena Peltonen +8 more
TL;DR: The observed difference in the ACE DD genotype between the high‐risk and low‐risk areas for coronary heart disease might represent one of the genetic factors contributing to the difference in risk of coronary heart Disease between eastern and southwestern Finland.
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Changes in cardiovascular risk factors and health behaviours from 1992 to 1997 in the Republic of Karelia, Russia
Tiina Laatikainen,Laura Delong,Svetlana Pokusajeva,Mihail Uhanov,Erkki Vartiainen,Pekka Puska +5 more
TL;DR: Positive changes in dietary habits, such as change in the quality of fat and associated reduction in serum cholesterol levels may have contributed to the decline in cardiovascular disease mortality seen in Russia since 1995.
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Smoking and passive smoking in Estonia, Lithuania and Finland. Identifying target groups of tobacco policy.
Ville Helasoja,Ritva Prättälä,Jurate Klumbiene,Janina Petkeviciene,Anu Kasmel,Andrus Lipand,Antti Uutela,Pekka Puska +7 more
TL;DR: Men of all ages in Estonia and Lithuania to stop their already established tobacco use, young women in all three countries to prevent their starting a career of tobacco use and young and less educated women in Lithuania to prevent passive smoking are identified.
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Serum cholesterol distribution, measurement frequency and cholesterol awareness in three geographical areas of Finland.
Veikko Salomaa,Korhonen Hj,J. Tuomilehto,Erkki Vartiainen,Pietinen P,L Kartovaara,C. G. Gref,Aulikki Nissinen,Pekka Puska +8 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that approximately 45% of the adult Finnish population is at moderately increased risk and further 33% at considerably increased risk of coronary heart disease because of the elevated serum cholesterol.