Sex-specific trends in validated coronary heart disease rates in southeastern New England, 1980-1991

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 417-429

  Derby, Carol A ^a,b   Lapane, Kate L ^b,c   Feldman, Henry A ^a   Carleton, Richard A ^b,c  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Morbidity; Mortality; Sex; Trends

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034651508     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010222     Document Type: Article

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