Relative survival: What can cardiovascular disease learn from cancer?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 941-947

  Nelson, Christopher P ^a   Lambert, Paul C ^a   Squire, Iain B ^a   Jones, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Population based research; Relative survival; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 41849095096     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn079     Document Type: Article

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