Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 57, Issue 6 , Pages 638-646 , June 2004

Case–fatality rates for myocardial infarction declined in Denmark and Sweden during 1987–1999

  • Søren Rasmussen

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Public Health, Svanemøllevej 25, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +45-39-20-77-77; fax: +45-39-20-80-10.
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  • Steen Z Abildstrom

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Public Health, Svanemøllevej 25, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
    • ,
  • Måns Rosén

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Epidemiology, National Board of Health and Welfare, SE-106 30 Stockholm, Sweden
    • Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden
    • ,
  • Mette Madsen

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Public Health, Svanemøllevej 25, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark

,Accepted 16 October 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2003.10.013

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 57, Issue 6 , Pages 638-646 , June 2004

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