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Analysing the Large Decline in Coronary Heart Disease Mortality in the Icelandic Population Aged 25-74 between the Years 1981 and 2006

BACKGROUND: Coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality rates have been decreasing in Iceland since the 1980s. We examined how much of the decrease between 1981 and 2006 could be attributed to medical and surgical treatments and how much to changes in cardiovascular risk factors. METHODOLOGY: The previou...

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Autores principales: Aspelund, Thor, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Magnusdottir, Bergrun Tinna, Andersen, Karl, Sigurdsson, Gunnar, Thorsson, Bolli, Steingrimsdottir, Laufey, Critchley, Julia, Bennett, Kathleen, O'Flaherty, Martin, Capewell, Simon
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2980472/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21103050
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013957