Comparison of methods to assess coronary heart disease prevalence in South Asians

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 210-213

  Patel, D J ^a   Winterbotham, M ^a   Sutherland, S E ^b   Britt, R G ^a   Keil, J E ^b   Sutton, G C ^a  

^a HILLINGDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ASIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031216213     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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