Seasonal pattern of acute myocardial infarction in the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1684-1688

  Ornato, Joseph P ^a   Peberdy, Mary Ann ^a   Chandra, Nisha C ^b   Bush, David E ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REGISTRIES; SEASONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030473870     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(96)00411-1     Document Type: Article

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