Age-Specific Trends in Morbidity, Mortality and Case-Fatality from Cardiovascular Disease, Myocardial Infarction and Stroke in Advanced Age: Evaluation in the Swedish Population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Modig, Karin ^a   Andersson, Tomas ^a,b   Drefahl, Sven ^a,c   Ahlbom, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGISTER; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN; TREND STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REGISTRIES; RISK; STROKE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84878567352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064928     Document Type: Article

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