Trends in the incidence of myocardial infarction and in mortality due to coronary heart disease, 1987 to 1994

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 339, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 861-867

  Rosamond, Wayne D ^a   Chambless, Lloyd E ^a   Folsom, Aaron R ^b   Cooper, Lawton S ^c   Conwill, David E ^d   Clegg, Limin ^a   Wang, Chin Hua ^a   Heiss, Gerardo ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAS; CAUSES OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; HEART DISEASES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MORTALITY; MORTALITY DECLINE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; STUDIES; TREATMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RECURRENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032563824     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199809243391301     Document Type: Article

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