Regional variation in coronary heart disease mortality trends in Portugal, 1981–2012

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 224, Issue , 2016, Pages 279-285

  Araújo, Carla ^a,b,c   Pereira, Marta ^a   Viana, Marta ^a   Rocha, Olga Laszczyńska ^a   Bennett, Kathleen ^d   Lunet, Nuno ^a,b   Azevedo, Ana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

^c Hospital de Sao Pedro   (Portugal)

^d ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Mortality; Portugal; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATE; PORTUGAL; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; CORONARY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PORTUGAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84988474797     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.09.059     Document Type: Article

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