Differences in easily recognised coronary risk factors by age at first myocardial infarction

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 1051, 1997, Pages 339-340

  Stewart, Ralph A H ^a   Robertson, M Clare ^a   Low, Clive J S ^a   Wilkins, Gerard T ^a   Restieaux, Norma J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031565687     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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