Functional recovery after myocardial infarction in men: The independent effects of social class

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 518-525

  Ickovics, Jeannette R ^a,b   Viscoli, Catherine M ^a,b   Horwitz, Ralph I ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030883976     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-127-7-199710010-00003     Document Type: Article

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