Resting electrocardiographic abnormalities as predictors of coronary events and total mortality among elderly men

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 641-645

  Tervahauta, Markku ^a   Pekkanen, Juha ^a   Punsar, Sven ^a   Nissinen, Aulikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0030176106     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(96)00042-3     Document Type: Article

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