Decline of coronary heart disease mortality in finland during 1983 to 1992: Roles of incidence, recurrence, and case-fatality: The FINMONICA MI register study

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3130-3137

  Salomaa, V ^a   Miettinen, H ^b   Kuulasmaa, K ^a   Niemela M ^c   Ketonen, M ^d   Vuorenmaa, T ^e   Lehto, S ^b   Palomaki P ^b   Mahonen M ^a   Immonen Raiha P ^f   Arstila, M ^e   Kaarsalo, E ^c   Mustaniemi, H ^d   Torppa, J ^a   Tuomijehto, J ^a   Puska, P ^a   Pyorala K ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Loimaa District Hospital   (Finland)

^d NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f Turku Town Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

cardiovascular diseases; coronary disease; mortality myocardial infarction; registries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 8044251516     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.12.3130     Document Type: Article

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