Chlamydia pneumoniae and acute myocardial infarction in Jerusalem

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 730-738

  Kark, J D ^a   Leinonen, M ^b   Paltiel, O ^a   Saikku, P ^b,c  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Case control study; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Coronary heart disease; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0030747184     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.4.730     Document Type: Article

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