Race differences in estimates of sudden coronary heart disease mortality, 1980-1988: The impact of ill-defined death

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1247-1251

  Armstrong, Donna ^a,b   Wing, Steve ^a   Tyroler, H A ^a  

^a Univ of N Carolina at Chapel Hill ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SUDDEN DEATH; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY DISEASE; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DEATH, SUDDEN; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030298389     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(96)00217-X     Document Type: Article

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