Regional variations in cardiovascular mortality in Canada

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1241-1248

  Filate, Woganee A ^a,b   Johansen, Helen L ^c   Kennedy, Courtney C ^b   Tu, Jack V ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c HEALTH STATISTICS DIVISION   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease mortality; Determinants of health; Ischemic heart disease mortality; Regional variation; Regression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; UNEMPLOYMENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROBABILITY; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0345307575     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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