Cardiovascular risk factors, ECG abnormalities and quality of life in subjects with atrial fibrillation

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 185-193

  Gehring, Jürgen ^a,d   Perz, Siegfried ^b   Stieber, Jutta ^b   Küfner, Roswitha ^b   Keil, Ulrich ^c  

^a Klin Hohenried Herz /K   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d Rehabilitation Hospital Höhenried   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0029900332     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01305389     Document Type: Article

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