The French paradox and other ecological fallacies

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1486-1489

  Evans, Alun ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FAT INTAKE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCURVY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRANCE; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; IRELAND; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

FRANCE;

EID: 83455162640     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr138     Document Type: Article

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