Decreasing mortality from acute myocardial infarctions: Effect of attack rates and case severity

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 787-791

  Bata, Iqbal R ^a   Eastwood, Brian J ^a   Gregor, Ronald D ^a   Guernsey, Judith R ^a   Klassen, Gerald A ^a   MacKenzie, B Ross ^a   Wolf, Hermann K ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coronary disease mortality; Myocardial infarction; Population surveillance; Registries; Time factor

Indexed keywords

HEART ENZYME;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NOVA SCOTIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0030821409     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(97)00067-X     Document Type: Article

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