Similarities in mortality patterns from influenza in the first half of the 20th century and the rise and fall of ischemic heart disease in the United States: a new hypothesis concerning the coronary heart disease epidemic Semelhanças entre o padrão de mortalidade por influenza na primeira metade do século XX e o padrão de mortalidade por doença isquêmica do coração no transcorrer do século, nos Estados Unidos: uma nova hipótese para a epidemia de cardiopatia isquêmica
The classic risk factors for developing coronary heart disease (CHD) explain less than 50% of the decrease in mortality observed since 1950. The transition currently under way, from the degenerative to the infectious-inflammatory paradigm, requires a new causal interpretation of temporal trends. The...
Main Authors: | Maria Inês Reinert Azambuja, Bruce B. Duncan |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
2002-06-01
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Series: | Cadernos de Saúde Pública |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2002000300002 |
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