Cardiovascular disease mortality in the Americas: Current trends and disparities

Heart

Volumn 98, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1207-1212

  De Souza, Maria De Fatima Marinho ^a   Gawryszewski, Vilma Pinheiro ^a   Orduñez, Pedro ^a   Sanhueza, Antonio ^a   Espinal, Marcos A ^a  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHILE; COLOMBIA; COSTA RICA; CUBA; ECUADOR; EL SALVADOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GUATEMALA; GUYANA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INCOME; MEXICO; NICARAGUA; PANAMA; PARAGUAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURINAME; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; UNITED STATES; VENEZUELA;

AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84864330069     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-301828     Document Type: Article

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