Regional differences in mortality: A comparison between Austria, Hungary and Switzerland

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 299-309

  Kesteloot, Hugo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Department of Epidemiology ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

All cause mortality; Austria; Cancer mortality; Cardiovascular mortality; Hungary; Regional differences; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUNGARY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; SALT INTAKE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; SWITZERLAND; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0033377640     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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