Trends in sudden cardiac death in the northern Sweden MONICA area 1985-99

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 320-328

  Messner, Torbjörn ^a,c,d   Lundberg, V ^b,c  

^a Kiruna District Hospital   (Sweden)

^b Kalix District Hospital   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Kiruna District Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; MONICA; Mortality; Sudden cardiac death; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; SEX RATIO; SUDDEN DEATH; TIME;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037335766     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2003.01102.x     Document Type: Article

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