Why has mortality from coronary heart disease in young adults levelled off?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7714, 2009, Pages 185-

  Leyland, Alastair H ^a   Lynch, John W ^b  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 68149119167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b2515     Document Type: Editorial

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