Trends in fatal and non-fatal coronary heart disease events in Finland during 1991-2001

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 340-344

  Pajunen, Pia ^a   Pääkkönen, Rauni ^a   Juolevi, Anne ^a   Hämäläinen, Helena ^b   Keskimäki, Ilmo ^a   Laatikainen, Tiina ^a   Moltchanov, Vladislav ^a   Niemi, Marja ^a   Rintanen, Hannu ^a   Salomaa, Veikko ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Epidemiology; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FATALITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES;

EID: 19944434095     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017430410010996     Document Type: Article

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