Trends in incidence, case-fatality and recurrence of myocardial infarction in the Danish MONICA population 1982-1991

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1139-1145

  Davidsen, Michael ^a,b   Bronnum Hansen H ^a   Jorgensen T ^b   Madsen, M ^a   Gerdes, L U ^a   Osler, M ^c   Schroll, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age period cohort; Case fatality; Incidence; Myocardial infarction; Recurrence; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE;

EID: 20244366962     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021229016230     Document Type: Article

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