Ethnic differences and recent trends in coronary heart disease incidence in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 1017, 1996, Pages 66-68

  Bell, Colin ^a,b   Swinburn, Boyd ^a   Stewart, Alistair ^a   Jackson, Rod ^a   Tukuitonga, Colin ^a   Tipene Leach, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS;

ADULT; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 0030574729     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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