Prevalence of cardiovascular diseases in elderly Chinese people in Taiwan

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 177-181

  Liau, Chiau Suong ^a   Tseng, Yuen Zu ^a   Lee, Ti Kai ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aged people; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary artery disease; Hypertension; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TAIWAN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PREVALENCE; TAIWAN;

EID: 0032447604     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(98)00282-4     Document Type: Article

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