Contribution of changes in risk factors to the decline of coronary heart disease mortality in Australia over three decades

European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 760-768

  Taylor, Richard ^a   Dobson, Annette ^a   Mirzaei, Masoud ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cholesterol; Coronary heart disease; Decline; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RISK; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33749035693     PISSN: 17418267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjr.0000220581.42387.d4     Document Type: Article

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