Stroke and ischemic heart disease mortality trends in Brazil from 1979 to 1996

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 179-183

  De Padua Mansur, Antonio ^a   Marinho Do Souza, Maria De Fátima ^a   Favarato, Desidério ^a   Avakian, Solange Desirée ^a   Machado César, Luiz Antonio ^a   Aldrigui, José Mendes ^a   Franchini Ramires, José Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Age adjusted death rate; Brazil; Cerebrovascular disease; Ischemic heart disease; Mortality; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; STROKE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BRAZIL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0344080416     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069893     Document Type: Article

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