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Coronary Heart Disease Epidemiology: From aetiology to public health
Michael Marmot and Paul Elliott
Abstract
Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide affecting millions of people in both developed and developing countries. The dual aims of this book are to review the well-established and emerging risk factors in coronary heart disease (CHD) and to apply this knowledge to public health approaches to disease prevention. The book includes authoritative accounts of studies within a single population and international studies, important areas of methodological development, trials to test preventive strategies, and the application of epidemiological and other knowledge to the developm ... More
Keywords: coronary heart disease, CHD, risk factors, epidemiology, disease prevention, public health policy
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2005 | Print ISBN-13: 9780198525738 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2009 | DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198525738.001.0001 |
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