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Coronary heart disease epidemiology : from aetiology to public health

Oxford Scholarship Online: Public Health and Epidemiology Available online

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Marmot, Michael, 1945- Contributor.
Elliott, P. (Paul), Contributor.
Series:
Oxford medical publications.
Oxford medical publications
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Coronary Disease.
Community Health Services.
Risk Factors.
Risk.
Causality.
Health Services.
Myocardial Ischemia.
Epidemiologic Factors.
Heart Diseases.
Probability.
Vascular Diseases.
Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services.
Cardiovascular Diseases.
Statistics as Topic.
Quality of Health Care.
Public Health.
Delivery of Health Care.
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation.
Epidemiologic Methods.
Environment and Public Health.
Disease.
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms.
Investigative Techniques.
Medical Subjects:
Coronary Disease.
Community Health Services.
Risk Factors.
Risk.
Causality.
Health Services.
Myocardial Ischemia.
Epidemiologic Factors.
Heart Diseases.
Probability.
Vascular Diseases.
Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services.
Cardiovascular Diseases.
Statistics as Topic.
Quality of Health Care.
Public Health.
Delivery of Health Care.
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation.
Epidemiologic Methods.
Environment and Public Health.
Disease.
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms.
Investigative Techniques.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xx, 932 pages) : illustrations
Edition:
2nd ed.
Other Title:
Coronary heart disease epidemiology
Oxford medical publications
Place of Publication:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This second edition provides authoritative and readable insight into the wide field of coronary heart disease epidemiology. It reviews major risk factors from various perpectives and is an important textbook on the epidemiology and prevention of heart attacks.
Contents:
Coronary heart disease epidemiology : from aetiology to public health / M. Marmot and P. Elliott
Contribution of epidemiology to understanding coronary heart disease / F.H. Epstein
Established major coronary risk factors : historical overview / J. Stamler
Current status : six established major risk factors and low risk / J. Stamler ... [et al.]
US trends / R.V. Luepker
Coronary heart disease in central and eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union / M. Bobak and M. Marmot
Trends in Asia / H. Ueshima
Developing countries / K.S. Reddy
Coronary heart disease burden among persons of African origin / R.S. Cooper
Coronary heart disease mortality attributable to smoking : global and regional estimates for 2000 / M. Ezzati and A.D. Lopez
Blood pressure and the burden of coronary heart disease / C.M.M. Lawes ... [et al.]
Lipids and cholesterol / M. Law and A. Rodgers
Trends in all-cause and cardiovascular mortality : a comparison between Belgium, the Netherlands, and denmark, 1950-99 / J.V. Joossens and H. Kesteloot
Dietary patterns and coronary heart disease risk / T.P. Erlinger and L.J. Appel
Antioxidants and cardiovascular disease / E. R. Miller and L. J. Appel
Serum homocysteine and coronary heart disease / D. S. Wald ... [et al.]
Alcohol and coronary heart disease / M. Bobak and M. Marmot
Fish consumption, N-3 fatty acids, and coronary heart disease / D. Kromhout
Exercise versus heart attack: history of a hypothesis / J. N. Morris
Obesity / A. R. Dyer, J. Stamler, and P. Greenland
Metabolic syndrome, diabetes and coronary heart disease / G. Hu, Q. Qiao, and J. Tuomilehto
Women and cardiovascular heart disease / L. H. Kuller
Use of oral contraceptives / N. R. Poulter
Systematic review of prospective cohort studies of psychosocial factors in the aetiology and prognosis of coronary heart disease / H. Kuper, M. Marmot, H. Hemingway
Mental illness and coronary heart disease / S. Stansfeld and F. Rasul
Psychophysiology / A. Steptoe
Chronic infection and systemic inflammation / P. Whincup and J. Danesh
Coagulation, thrombosis, and coronary heart disease / T.W. Meade and P.K. MacCallum
Air pollution / C.A. Pope III
Seasonal variations in all-cause and cardiovascular mortality and the role of temperature / M.B. Toledano, G. Shaddick, and P. Elliott
Gene-environment interaction in coronary artery disease : apolipoprotein E and smoking and the interleukin-6 gene and inflammation as examples / S.E. Humphries
The developmental origins of coronary heart disease / D.J.P. Barker
Life course influences on coronary heart disease / G. Davey Smith and J. Lynch
Emergence of risk factors in children / D.R. Labarthe
Risk factors in the elderly / J.G. van der Bom and D.E. Grobbee
Strategies of prevention : the individual and the population / G. Rose
Contributions to change : major risk factors and the potential for prevention / R. Beaglehole and A. Dobson
Prevention of coronary heart disease : findings from the nurses' health study and health professionals' follow-up study / F.B. Hu and W.C. Willett
Risk scores for management and prevention of cardiovascular disease / D. Wood and K. Kotseva
Non-invasive measures of preclinical coronary heart disease / P. Greenland
Screening for future coronary heart disease / N.J. Wald and M.R. Law
Screening for type 2 diabetes / D.G. Johnston ... [et al.]
Primary prevention of high blood pressure / P. Elliott and J. Stamler
The secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease / S.S. Anand, E. Lonn, and S. Yusuf
Smoke-free policies are an effective way to reduce heart disease rapidly / C. M. Fichtenberg and S.A. Glantz
Nutrition policy : national strategies for dietary change / W.P.T. James and N.J. Rigby
Lessening inequalities and effect on coronary heart disease / M. Whitehead and M. Marmot
Behaviour change / L.J. Cooke, J. Wardle, and M. Jarvis
Contributions to change : treatment / H. Tunstall-Pedoe
Intervention in high risk groups : hypertension / P.S. Sever and N.R. Poulter
Community change and the role of public health / P. Puska.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9780191724114 (ebook) :
0191724114 (ebook) :

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