Sudden unexplained death in Asian immigrants: Recognition of a syndrome in metropolitan Toronto

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 537-540

  Pollanen, Michael S ^a,b   Chiasson, David A ^b   Cairns, James ^b   Young, James G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BREATHING; CANADA; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPNEA; HEART WEIGHT; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; PHILIPPINES; RISK; SLEEP; SPOUSE; SUDDEN DEATH; THORAX PAIN; VIET NAM; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0029840770     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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