Longitudinal Gompertzian analysis of ischemic heart disease mortality in the U.S., 1962-1986: A method of demonstrating the deterministic dynamics describing its decline

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 1-14

  Riggs, Jack E ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Coronary artery disease; Epidemiology; Ischemic heart disease; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; STATISTICS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0026069363     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0047-6374(91)90020-Z     Document Type: Article

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