Regression analysis of recent changes in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the Netherlands

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7083, 1997, Pages 789-792

  Bonneux, Luc ^a   Looman, Caspar W N ^a   Barendregt, Jan J ^a   Van Der Maas, Paul J ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STROKE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030887034     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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