Incidence and prevalence of recognised and unrecognised myocardial infarction in women. The Reykjavik Study

European Heart Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1011-1018

  Jónsdóttir, Lilja S ^a   Sigfusson, N ^a   Sigvaldason, H ^a   Thorgeirsson, G ^a,b  

^a ICELANDIC HEART ASSOCIATION   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Epidemiology; Incidence; Myocardial infarction; Population survey; Prevalence; Trend; Unrecognised myocardial infarction; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ICELAND; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032126306     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1998.0980     Document Type: Article

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