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Are coronary event rates declining slower in women than in men – evidence from two population-based myocardial infarction registers in Finland?

BACKGROUND: Studies have suggested that the prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease may not have been as effective in women as in men. Therefore, we aimed to examine whether the incidence, attack rate and mortality of myocardial infarction (MI) events have declined less in women than in m...

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Autores principales: Lehto, Hanna-Riikka, Lehto, Seppo, Havulinna, Aki S, Ketonen, Matti, Lehtonen, Aapo, Kesäniemi, Y Antero, Airaksinen, Juhani, Salomaa, Veikko
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2234430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17997825
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-7-35