Sex and ethnic differences in use of myocardial revascularization procedures in Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites: The Corpus Christi Heart Project

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 603-609

  Ramsey, David J ^a   Goff, David C ^a   Wear, Mary L ^a   Labarthe, Darwin R ^a   Nichaman, Milton Z ^a  

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

Author keywords

ACBS; Coronary heart disease; Mexican Americans; Myocardial infarction; PTCA; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0030973053     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(97)80002-9     Document Type: Article

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