Prognosis after acute myocardial infarction - Is sex an independent risk factor?;Prognosen efter AMI - Er der en kønsforskel?

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 159, Issue 25, 1997, Pages 3951-3955

  Galatius Jensen, Søren ^a   Launbjerg, Jeppe ^a   Mortemen, Leif Spange ^a   Hansen, Jørgen Fischer ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DENMARK; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031574994     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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