Prevalence, determinants, and misclassification of myocardial infarction in the elderly

Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 495-500

  De Bruyne, Martine C ^a   Mosterd, Arend ^a   Hoes, Arno W ^a,b   Kors, Jan A ^a   Kruijssen, Dick A C M ^a   Van Bemmel, Jan H ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aged; Cohort study; Myocardial infarction; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030931798     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199709000-00004     Document Type: Article

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