Pace of change in coronary heart disease mortality in Finland, Ireland and the United Kingdom from 1985 to 2006

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 581-585

  O'Hara, Tom ^a   Bennett, Kathleen ^a   O'Flaherty, Martin ^b   Jennings, Siobhan ^c  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c DR STEEVENS HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease mortality; Finland; Ireland; Pace of change; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IRELAND; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 56749132019     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckn094     Document Type: Article

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