Public health aspects of out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest among elderly African-Americans

American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 24-30

  Demirovic, Jasenka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH STATUS; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESUSCITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030818326     PISSN: 10767460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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