Ageing, menopause, and ischaemic heart disease mortality in England, Wales, and the United States: Modelling study of national mortality data

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7822, 2011, Pages

  Vaidya, Dhananjay ^a   Becker, Diane M ^a   Bittner, Vera ^b   Mathias, Rasika A ^a   Ouyang, Pamela ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MENOPAUSE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WALES;

EID: 84859009920     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d5170     Document Type: Article

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