Mortality from ischaemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease in Greenland

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 514-519

  Bjerregaard, Peter ^a   Dyerberg, Jørn ^b  

^a Clinical Institutes   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET; FATALITY; GENETICS; GREENLAND; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMERICAS; BIOLOGY; CAUSES OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR EFFECTS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DENMARK; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EUROPE; GENETICS; GREENLAND; HEALTH; HEART DISEASES; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SCANDINAVIA; SEX FACTORS; STUDIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CORONARY DISEASE; DENMARK; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0023811434     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/17.3.514     Document Type: Article

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