Does the southern European cardiovascular mortality advantage extend to total mortality? 50-year trends in death risks between 40 and 70 years of age in Western European men and women

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 5_suppl, 2010, Pages 127-134

  Vollset, Stein Emil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

All cause mortality; cancer mortality; circulatory mortality; gender; Mediterranean; middle age mortality; time trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952061892     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494810379893     Document Type: Article

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