Coronary heart disease mortality and sudden death among the 35-44-year age group in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 130-136

  Traven, Neal D ^a   Kuller, Lewis H ^a   Ives, Diane G ^a   Rutan, Gale H ^b   Perper, Joshua A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Allegheny County Coroner's Office   (United States)

Author keywords

autopsy; black men; Coronary heart disease; death rates; risk factors; sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUCASIAN; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029887738     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1047-2797(95)00131-X     Document Type: Article

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