Determinants of cardiovascular disease and other non-communicable diseases in Central and Eastern Europe: Rationale and design of the HAPIEE study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Over the last five decades, a wide gap in mortality opened between western and eastern Europe; this gap increased further after the dramatic fluctuations in mortality in the former Soviet Union (FSU) in the 1990s. Recent rapid increa...

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Main Authors: Pikhart Hynek, Tamosiunas Abdonas, Pajak Andrzej, Malyutina Sofia, Kubinova Ruzena, Bobak Martin, Peasey Anne, Nicholson Amanda, Marmot Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-10-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/6/255