International Journal of Epidemiology
INDEXContentsI 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
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