An age-related difference in the ratio of sudden coronary death over acute myocardial infarction in Estonian males

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 577-580

  Uusküla, Maido ^a   Lamp, Kristin ^a   Väli, Marika ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Incidence; Males; Mortality; Sudden coronary death; Young age

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ESTONIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ESTONIA; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032125721     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(98)00034-1     Document Type: Article

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