AN APPRAISAL OF THE EPIDEMIC RISE OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE AND ITS DECLINE

The Lancet

Volumn 329, Issue 8533, 1987, Pages 606-611

  Stehbens, W E ^a  

^a MALAGHAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY DISEASE; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; MALE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 0023153798     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(87)90243-1     Document Type: Article

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