TY - JOUR T1 - Explaining the massive decline in coronary heart disease mortality in iceland between 1981 and 2006 JF - Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health JO - J Epidemiol Community Health SP - 31 LP - 31 DO - 10.1136/jech.2009.096719e VL - 63 IS - Suppl 2 AU - M. O’Flaherty AU - T. Aspelund AU - V. Gudnason AU - B. T. Magnusdottir AU - K. Andersen AU - G. Sigurdsson AU - B. Thorsson AU - J. Critchley AU - K. Bennett AU - S. Capewell Y1 - 2009/10/01 UR - http://jech.bmj.com/content/63/Suppl_2/31.abstract N2 - Coronary heart disease mortality rates have been decreasing in Iceland since the 1980s. We used the validated IMPACT model to examine how much of the 80% decrease in Iceland between 1981 and 2006 could be attributed to medical and surgical treatments and how much to changes in cardiovascular risk factors.The previously validated IMPACT mortality model was used to … ER -