International Journal of Epidemiology

Book : International Journal of Epidemiology

Language : English

Library : Social Phsician

Publish Place : London

ISSN : 0163-5085

Volume : 18/1

Period : 3 monthly

Publish Date : 00 1989

Publisher : The Journal of The International Epidemiological Association (IEA )

Book Type : Periodical

Book Number : 2181

INDEX

Contents
I Preface
Millicent Higgins and Russell V Luepker
Opportunities and Pitfalls in International Comparisons Related to Patterns, Trends and Determinants of CHD Mortality Jeremiah Stamler
Section I-International Comparisons: An Overview Zbynek Pisa
International Mortality from Heart Disease: Rates and Trends Thomas J. Thom
WHO MONICA Project: Objectives and Design
WHO MONICA Project. Prepared by Siegfried Böthig
WHO MONICA Project: Assessing CHD Mortality and Morbidity WHO MONICA Project: Prepared by Jaakko Tuomilehto and Kari Kuulasmaa
WHO MONICA Project: Risk Factors
WHO MONICA Project: Prepared by Ulrich Keil and Kari Kuulasmaa
Section II-CHD Trends in the United States: An Overview William Harlan
Trends in CHD in the United States
Millicent Higgins and Thomas Thom
Trends in CHD and Risk Factors at Age 55-64 in the Framingham Study Ralph B D'Agostino, William B Kannel, Albert J Be/anger and Pamela A Sytkowski
3 Trends in CHD Mortality, Morbidity and Risk Factor Levels from 1960 to 1986: Minnesota Heart Survey
G L Burke, H M Sprafka, A R Folsom, R V Luepker, S W Norsted and H Blackburn




The Nineteen-Year Trends in CHD in the Honolulu Heart Study Dwayne Reed and Charles MacLean
The Decline of Ischaemic Heart Disease Mortality in the ARIC Study Communities
The ARIC Study Investigators. Prepared by Gerardo Heiss
Section III-Trends in CHD in Selected Countries: An Overview Thomas A Pearson and Kalevi Pyorala
CHD in Sweden: Mortality, Incidence and Risk Factors over 20 Years in Gothenburg
Lars Wilhelmsen, Saga Johansson, Goran Ulvenstam, Lennart Welin, Annika Rosengren, Henry Eriksson, Bo Larsson, Alecka Tsipogianni and Hans Wedel
Trends and Determinants of Ischaemic Heart Disease Mortality in Finland: with Special Reference to a Possible Levelling off in the Early 1980s Jaakko Tuomilehto, Pekka Puska, Heikki Korhonen, Harri Mustaniemi, Erkki Vartiainen, Aulikki Nissinen, Kari Kuulasmaa, Helena Niemensivu and Jukka Salonen
Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors, CHD Morbidity and Mortality in the Federal Republic of Germany
E Greiser, K H Joeckel, K Giersiepen, U M Maschewsky-Schneider and M Zachcial
Trends in CHD in Italy Alessandro Menotti
Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Diseases in Warsaw Pol -MONICA Area Stefan Rywik, Henryka Wagrowska, Grazyna Broda, Anna Kuzminska, Maria Polakowska, Wera Kulesza, Witold Kupsc and Pawel Kurjata
Trends and Determinants of Cardiovascular Mortality in the Soviet Union Alexander D Deev and Raphael G Oganov
CHD in Australia and New Zealand
R Beaglehole, A Dobson, M S T Hobbs, R Jackson and C A Martin
Changing CHD Mortality and its Causes in Japan during 1955-1985 Shuichi Hatano
CHD and its Risk Factors in the People's Republic of China
Shouchi Tao, Zhendong Huang, Xigui Wu, Beifan Zhou, Zhikui Xiao, Jiansheng Hao, Yihe Li, Runchao Cen and Xuxu Rao
Section IV-Methods in International Studies: Definition, Ascertainment, Measurement, Analysis: An Overview H A Tyroler
Methodological Issues in International Comparisons O Dale Williams
Diagnosis, Measurement and Surveillance of Coronary Events Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe
Causes of the Trends and Variations in CHD Mortality in Different Countries Geoffrey Rose
Section V-Determinants of CHD Mortality: Genetic, Socioeconomic, Lifestyle and Risk Factor Influences: An Overview William Castelli

Genetics of Variability of CHD risk Charles F Sing and Patricia P Moll
Socioeconomic Determinants of CHD Mortality Michael Marmot
The Relationship of Lifestyle to International Trends in CHD Frederick Epstein
Trends and Determinants of CHD Mortality: Changes in Risk Factors and their Effects Henry Blackburn
Section VI- Influences on CHD Incidence and Case Fatality: International Comparisons: An Overview Richard Carleton
Influences on CHD Incidence and Case Fatality: Medical Management of Risk Factors
Thomas A Pearson
Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction: Effect on Trends in Coronary Disease
Bertram Pitt Treatment for Chronic CHD
Desmond Julian
Section VII-Needs and Opportunities for International Research: Summary of Panel Discussion
Russell V Luepker, Robert Beaglehole, Michael H Criqui, Manning
Feinleib, Desmond G Julian, Lewis H Kuller, Geoffrey Rose and
Jeremiah Stamler