The decline in ischaemic heart disease mortality in seven European countries: Exploration of future trends

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 676-681

  Amiri, Masoud ^a,b   Janssen, Fanny ^c   Kunst, Anton E ^d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; REGISTER; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EUROPE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; REGISTRIES;

EUROPE;

EID: 79960223599     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.109058     Document Type: Article

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