Age and gender differences in incidence and case fatality trends for myocardial infarction: A 30-year follow-up. The Tromsø Study

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 927-934

  Mannsverk, Jan ^a,b   Wilsgaard, Tom ^b   Njølstad, Inger ^b   Hopstock, Laila Arnesdatter ^b   Løchen, Maja Lisa ^a,b   Mathiesen, Ellisiv B ^a,b   Thelle, Dag S ^c   Rasmussen, Knut ^b   Bønaa, Kaare Harald ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

case fatality; epidemiology; gender; incidence; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARREST; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NORWAY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873268882     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741826711421081     Document Type: Article

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