Trends in cardiovascular diseases and cancer mortality in 45 countries from five continents (1980-2010)

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1004-1017

  Araújo, Fábio ^a,b   Gouvinhas, Cláudia ^a,b   Fontes, Filipa ^a,b   La Vecchia, Carlo ^b,c   Azevedo, Ana ^a,b   Lunet, Nuno ^a,b  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; mortality; neoplasms; trends

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TREND STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; TRENDS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84904906778     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487313497864     Document Type: Article

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