Cardiovascular mortality patterns in Turkey: What is the evidence?

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 46-51

  Razum, Oliver ^a,d   Akgün, Seval ^b   Tezcan, Sabahat ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Dept of Trop Hyg and Pub Health ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FAR EAST; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIGRATION; STROKE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0034001884     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01358998     Document Type: Article

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