Change in the prevalence of coronary heart disease among Finnish elderly men and women in the 1990s

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 178-181

  Hartikainen, Sirpa ^a,b   Ahto, Merja ^c   Löppönen, Minna ^c   Puolijoki, Hannu ^d   Laippala, Pekka ^e   Ojanlatva, Ansa ^c   Kivelä, Sirkka Liisa ^c,f   Isoaho, Raimo ^c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Municipal Hospitals of Kuopio   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d SEINÄJOKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^f SATAKUNTA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g Harkatie Health Centre   (Finland)

Author keywords

CHD; Coronary heart disease; Elderly; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0141682693     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430310001013     Document Type: Article

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