Ethnic differences in mortality of male and female patients surviving acute myocardial infarction: Long-term follow-up of 5,700 patients

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 745-754

  Harpaz, David ^a,b,c,d  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d E Wolfson Medical Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Ethnic origin; Mortality; Women

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; AGED; ARABS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030665751     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007400419922     Document Type: Article

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