Effect of socioeconomic group on incidence of, management of, and survival after myocardial infarction and coronary death: Analysis of community coronary event register

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7080, 1997, Pages 541-546

  Morrison, Caroline ^a   Woodward, Mark ^b   Leslie, Wilma ^a   Tunstall Pedoe, Hugh ^c  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031039864     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7080.541     Document Type: Article

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