Ischemic heart disease in the hunter region of new South Wales, Australia, 1979-1985

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 106-115

  Dobson, A J ^a   Gibberd, R W ^a   Leeder, S R ^b   Alexander, H M ^a   Young, A F ^a   Lloyd, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ischemic heart disease; Mortality; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REGISTRIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023943144     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114933     Document Type: Article

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