The Australian epidemic of cardiovascular mortality 1935-2005: Effects of period and birth cohort

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Taylor, Richard ^a   Page, Andrew ^b   Danquah, Jessica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR;

AUSTRALIA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84864021093     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.109538     Document Type: Article

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