title: [The "Vienna Health Study 79" (author's transl)].
abstract: As an introduction to the following special articles, backgrounds, aims and modalities of the "Vienna Health Study 79" are exposed. A sample of 2,800 citizen of Vienna at the ages of 25, 40 and 60 years was examined medically to assess age-specific prevalence figures of the most important chronic diseases and, additionally, of their relations to social and medical risk factors.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001317:Austria; D004522:Educational Status; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009790:Occupations
vernacular_title: Die "Wiener Gesundheitsstudie 79".