Smoking as a Risk Factor for Recurrence of Sudden Cardiac Arrest

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 314, Issue 5, 1986, Pages 271-275

  Hallstrom, Alfred P ^a   Cobb, Leonard A ^a   Ray, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; HEART; HEART ARREST; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 0022652615     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198601303140502     Document Type: Article

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