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European Journal of Epidemiology
Published in: European Journal of Epidemiology 12/2009

01-12-2009 | COMMENTARY

The dynamics of cardiovascular epidemiology

Author: Dag S. Thelle

Published in: European Journal of Epidemiology | Issue 12/2009

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The epidemic of coronary heart disease struck first in the US early in the twentieth century, reached its summit in the 1950s and has thereafter abated [1]. A similar pattern was observed in northern and mid-Europe, Australia and New Zealand about two decades later whereas the southern part of Europe was not hit to the same extent at that time. …
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Metadata
Title
The dynamics of cardiovascular epidemiology
Author
Dag S. Thelle
Publication date
01-12-2009
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
European Journal of Epidemiology / Issue 12/2009
Print ISSN: 0393-2990
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7284
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-009-9407-y

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