Determinants of cardiovascular disease and other non-communicable diseases in Central and Eastern Europe: Rationale and design of the HAPIEE study

• Main Authors: Pikhart Hynek (Author), Tamosiunas Abdonas (Author), Pajak Andrzej (Author), Malyutina Sofia (Author), Kubinova Ruzena (Author), Bobak Martin (Author), Peasey Anne (Author), Nicholson Amanda (Author), Marmot Michael (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2006-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Over the last five decades, a wide gap in mortality opened between western and eastern Europe; this gap increased further after the dramatic fluctuations in mortality in the former Soviet Union (FSU) in the 1990s. Recent rapid increa...