title: [Myocardial infarction and complications. Longitudinal observation of a population of 280,000 women and men--Project POL-MONICA Krakow. I. Genesis and objectives of the WHO MONICA Project].
abstract: The WHO MONICA Project is a multicentre collaborative study coordinated by The World Health Organization. The aim is to measure trends in cardiovascular disease mortality and morbidity and to assess the extent, to which these trends are related to changes in risk factor levels and in medical care measured at the same time in defined communities in different countries. There are 38 participating research centres from 21 countries from 4 continents, including two Polish centres: POL-MONICA Warszawa and POL-MONICA Kraków. Population studied in POL-MONICA Warszawa Project consisted of residents of two districts of Warsaw capital. The interest of the research of the POL-MONICA Kraków focuses on problems of the myocardial infarction in semi-rural population and the population observed consisted of men and women at age 25-64 years residents of one Polish province-Tarnobrzeg Voivodship.
authors.affiliation: Zakładu Epidemiologii Klinicznej i Badań Populacyjynch Szkoły Zdrowia Publicznego Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie.
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authors.lastname: Pajak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D014944:World Health Organization
vernacular_title: Zawał serca-zagrozenia i postepowanie. Długofalowa obserwacja populacji 280000 kobiet i mezczyzn--Projekt POL-MONICA Kraków. Cześć I: Geneza i cele The WHO MONICA Project.