Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study: Baseline characteristics of the household sample and comparative analyses with national data in 17 countries


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Corsi D. J., Subramanian S. V., Chow C. K., Mckee M., Chifamba J., Dagenais G., ...Daha Fazla

AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL, cilt.166, sa.4, ss.636-650, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 166 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.04.019
  • Dergi Adı: AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.636-650
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background The PURE study was established to investigate associations between social, behavioural, genetic, and environmental factors and cardiovascular diseases in 17 countries. In this analysis we compare the age, sex, urban/rural, mortality, and educational profiles of the PURE participants to national statistics.