The role of risk factor time trends in the steep decline of CHD mortality between two Israeli cohort studies

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-91

  Gerber, Yariv ^a,b   Dankner, Rachel ^a,b   Chetrit, Angela ^b   Novikov, Ilya ^b   Goldbourt, Uri ^a,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Epidemiology; Mortality; Risk factors; Secular trend

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 19944366621     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.10.020     Document Type: Article

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