Changing patterns of cardiovascular diseases and cancer mortality in Portugal, 1980-2010

• Main Authors: Pereira Marta (Author), Peleteiro Bárbara (Author), Capewell Simon (Author), Bennett Kathleen (Author), Azevedo Ana (Author), Lunet Nuno (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Cardiovascular diseases and cancer are jointly responsible for more than half all deaths in Portugal. They also share some important risk factors and act as mutual competing risks. We aimed firstly to describe time trends in death ra...