An ecological study of determinants of coronary heart disease rates: a comparison of Czech, Bavarian and Israeli men
Author(s) -
Martin Bobák,
HW Hense,
J.D. Kark,
Bernhard Kuch,
P. Vojtíšek,
Ronit Sinnreich,
J. G. Gostomzyk,
M. Bui,
Arnold von Eckardstein,
R. Junker,
Manfred Fobker,
H. Schulte,
Gerd Assmann,
Michael Marmot
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/28.3.437
Subject(s) - czech , coronary heart disease , demography , medicine , ecology , geography , environmental health , cardiology , gerontology , biology , sociology , philosophy , linguistics
The large differences in cardiovascular disease rates between Eastern and Western Europe have largely developed over the last few decades, and are only partly explained by classical risk factors. This study was set up to identify other potential determinants of these differences.
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