MONICA Newcastle
Initiatives
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The objectives of the MONICA Newcastle Study were to measure the trends in coronary heart disease (CHD) morbidity and mortality and to assess the extent to which these trends are related to changes in known risk factors, daily living habits, health care, and major socioeconomic features measured at the same time in defined communities in different countries.
- Start Year
- 1984
- End Year
- 1994
- Funding
- e National Heart Foundation of Australia, the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, the New South Wales Department of Health and the Hunter Area Health Service.
Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
Marker Paper
McElduff, Patrick & Dobson, Annette & Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2000). The WHO MONICA study, Australia, 1984-93 : a summary of the Newcastle and Perth MONICA projects. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Canberra
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 2,466
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- People aged between 25 and 69 years in Newcastle
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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