Coronary events in Khartoum, Sudan

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1013-1016

  Khalil, Siddiq I ^a,b   Ibrahim Khalil, Mohammed ^a   El Hag, Mohammed ^a   El Shafie, Sohaib ^a   Mahgoub, Fatih ^a   Ali, El Nagi M ^a  

^a Shaab Teaching Hospital   (Sudan)

^b Almana General Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Africa; Coronary heart disease; Event rate; Mortality rate; Myocardial infarction; Sudan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDAN;

EID: 0030248172     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(96)00116-3     Document Type: Article

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