Letter by Eller et al regarding article, "Lower mortality from coronary heart disease and stroke at higher altitudes in Switzerland"

Circulation. 2010 Apr 13;121(14):e377. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0b013e3181daaced.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Altitude*
  • Climate
  • Cohort Studies
  • Coronary Disease / mortality*
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / complications
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / epidemiology
  • Diabetic Angiopathies / epidemiology
  • Diabetic Angiopathies / mortality
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Risk Factors
  • Risk Reduction Behavior
  • Stroke / mortality
  • Switzerland / epidemiology