Changing patterns of cardiovascular diseases and cancer mortality in Portugal, 1980–2010
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Cardiovascular diseases and cancer are jointly responsible for more than half all deaths in Portugal. They also share some important risk factors and act as mutual competing risks. We aimed firstly to describe time trends in death ra...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-12-01
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Series: | BMC Public Health |
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Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/12/1126 |