Ecological analysis of the association between mortality and major risk factors of cardiovascular disease

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 505-516

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Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMUNITY; CORONARY RISK; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; TIME; VARIANCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0028277486     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/23.3.505     Document Type: Article

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