Ethnic differences in mortality from cardiovascular disease in the UK: Do they persist in people with diabetes?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 137-139

  Chaturvedi, Nish ^a   Fuller, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029913395     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.50.2.137     Document Type: Article

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