Race and sex differences in long-term survival rates for elderly patients with pulmonary embolism

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1476-1480

  Siddique, Reshmi M ^a   Amini, Saeid B ^d   Connors Jr , Alfred F ^b   Rimm, Alfred A ^c  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0031692084     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.10.1476     Document Type: Article

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