Ethnic differences in ischaemic heart disease and stroke mortality in Mauritius between 1989 and 1994

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 45-54

  Vos, Theo ^a,c   Gareeboo, Hassam ^b   Roussety, Florise ^b  

^a Dept of Epidemiol and Pop Health   (Mauritius)

^b Ministry of Health   (Mauritius)

^c Department of Human Services ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY RATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINESE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAURITIUS; MORTALITY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RELIGIOUS GROUP; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STROKE;

MAURITIUS;

EID: 0031862063     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.1998.9961847     Document Type: Article

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