Trends in coronary heart disease in two Belgian areas: Results from the MONICA Ghent-Charleroi study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 89-98

  De Henauw, Stefaan ^a,c   De Bacquer, Dirk ^a   De Smet, Patrick ^b   Kornitzer, Marcel ^b   De Backer, Guy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL STATUS; THERAPY;

BELGIUM; CHARLEROI; GHENT;

EID: 0032896284     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.53.2.89     Document Type: Article

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