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Author: springer
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German[de]
Hintergrund: Im Rahmen des weltweiten MONICA (MONItoring of trends and determinants in CArdiovascular disease) Projektes wurde 1984/85 in der Region Augsburg die erste bevölkerungsbezogene Kohortenstudie zur koronaren Herzkrankheit (KHK) in Deutschland initiiert.
English[en]
Purpose: The MONICA (MONItoring of trends and determinants in CArdiovascular disease) project in the region of Augsburg, Southern Germany, is the first population-based cohort study in Germany investigating the association of the risk factors hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and smoking with incident myocardial infarction and total mortality, and to assess their impact at the population level.