Atherosclerotic cardiovascular mortality during the 1992 riots in Los Angeles

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1155-1158

  Birnbaum, Yochai ^b   Kloner, Robert A ^a   Perritt, Rebecca ^b   Poole, Kenneth ^b  

^a GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CIVIL DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; RIOTS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031001868     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00072-6     Document Type: Article

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