Ischemic heart disease and stroke mortality in African-American, hispanic, and non-hispanic white men and women, 1985 to 1991

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 139-145

  Karter, Andrew J ^a   Gazzaniga, Jeannie M ^b,c   Cohen, Richard D ^d   Casper, Michele L ^e   Davis, Bonnie D ^c   Kaplan, George A ^f  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OBESITY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031753938     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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