Sex and coronary heart disease: The relative probability of dying in hospital

Heart

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 371-372

  Currie, C J ^a   Peters, J R ^b  

^a Bro Taf Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0030962694     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.77.4.371     Document Type: Article

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