Changes in CVD Incidence and Mortality Rates, and Life Expectancy: North Karelia and National

Global Heart

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 201-205

  Salomaa, Veikko ^a   Pietilä, Arto ^a   Peltonen, Markku ^a   Kuulasmaa, Kari ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CASE FATALITY RATE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FINLAND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY RATE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; TREND STUDY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 85008624384     PISSN: 22118160     EISSN: 22118179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2016.04.005     Document Type: Review

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