Sudden cardiac death in Hispanic Americans and African Americans

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1461-1466

  Gillum, Richard F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY RISK; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0030824570     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.9.1461     Document Type: Article

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