Geographic variation in vascular mortality in Eurasia: Spatial autocorrelation analysis of mortality variables and risk factors

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 471-490

  Peter, I ^a   Otremski, I ^a   Livshits, G ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPID;

MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY PATTERN; SPATIAL VARIATION; VASCULAR MORTALITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIOLOGY; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS; CEREBROVASCULAR EFFECTS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY; DISEASES; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; HEART DISEASE; HEMIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ASIA; BIOLOGY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS; CEREBROVASCULAR EFFECTS; CHOLESTEROL; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY; DISEASES; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; HEART DISEASES; HEMIC SYSTEM; LIPIDS; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHOLESTEROL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EURASIA;

EID: 0030292097     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014469600004692     Document Type: Article

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