Trends in ischemic heart disease and stroke death ratios in brazilian women and men

OBJECTIVE: Cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death in women and men in Brazil, but the trends for the death ratios for ischemic heart disease and stroke in women and men remain unknown. METHOD: In this study, the trends for the death ratios among women and men who were over 30 years of a...

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Main Authors: Antonio de Padua Mansur, Desidério Favarato, Solange Desirée Avakian, José Antonio F. Ramires
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2010-01-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322010001100016