Mortality from heart failure in an English population, 1979-2003: Study of death certification

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 782-784

  Goldacre, Michael J ^a,b   Mant, David ^a   Duncan, Marie ^b   Griffith, Myfanwy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CORONARY DISEASE; DEATH CERTIFICATES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 23844443179     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2004.028951     Document Type: Article

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