Trends in coronary heart disease mortality and morbidity in auckland, New Zealand, 1974-1986

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 279-283

  Jackson, Rodney ^a   Stewart, Alistair ^a   Beaglehole, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; CAUSES OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY; DISEASES; HEART DISEASES; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX FACTORS;

ADULT; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEW ZEALAND; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

CORONARY HEART DISEASE; DISEASE TREND; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY;

NEW ZEALAND, AUCKLAND;

EID: 0025198734     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/19.2.279     Document Type: Article

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