Differences in treatment of acute myocardial infarction by sex, age, and other factors (The Stanford Five-City Project)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 861-865

  Oka, Roberta K ^a   Fortmann, Stephen P ^a   Varady, Ann N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROBABILITY; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030587941     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00457-2     Document Type: Article

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