Sex differences in cardiovascular disease mortality.
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Sex Differences in Age-Related Cardiovascular Mortality
INTRODUCTION Sex-related physiological differences result in different expressions of diseases for men and women. Data are contradicting regarding the increase in the female risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) at mid-life. Thus, we studied possible sex differences in age-adjusted mortality for CVD and non-vascular diseases stratifying our findings by specific age groups. METHODS Over one mi...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.89.9.1441