Greater incidence of hospitalized myocardial infarction among Mexican Americans than non-Hispanic whites: The Corpus Christi Heart Project, 1988- 1992

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1433-1440

  Goff, David C ^a   Nichaman, Milton Z ^a   Chan, Wenyaw ^a   Ramsey, David J ^a   Labarthe, Darwin R ^a   Ortiz, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; men; myocardial infarction; registries; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030971414     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.6.1433     Document Type: Article

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