National trends in the initial hospitalization for heart failure

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 270-275

  Croft, Janet B ^a,b   Giles, Wayne H ^a   Pollard, Robert A ^a   Casper, Michele L ^a   Anda, Robert F ^a   Livengood, John R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 0031043552     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb00939.x     Document Type: Article

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