Mild myocardial infarction- A classification problem in epidemiologic studies

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-13

  Salomaa, Veikko ^a   Dobson, Annette ^b   Miettinen, Heikki ^c   Rajakangas, Anna Maija ^a   Kuulasmaa, Kari ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Myocardial infarction; WHO MONICA Project

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUALITY CONTROL; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0031042623     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(96)00317-4     Document Type: Article

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