Pre-existing ischaemic heart disease and ischaemic heart disease mortality in women compared with men

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 508-515

  Hart, Carole L ^a,c   Watt, Graham C M ^a   Smith, George Davey ^b   Gillis, Charles R ^c   Hawthorne, Victor M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c RUCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Angina; Cohort studies; Ischaemic heart disease; Mortality; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; ANGINA PECTORIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SCOTLAND; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030993213     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.3.508     Document Type: Article

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