The North-East-South gradient of coronary heart disease mortality and case fatality rates in France is consistent with a similar gradient in risk factor clusters

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 317-322

  Cottel, D ^a   Dallongeville, J ^a   Wagner, A ^b   Ruidavets, J B ^c   Arveiler, D ^b   Ferrieres J ^c   Bingham, A ^d   Marecaux N ^a   Ducimetiere P ^d   Amouyel, P ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Risk factors; WHO MONICA Project

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0033883570     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007678526840     Document Type: Article

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