Sex differences in mortality after myocardial infarction: Evidence for a sex-age interaction

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 2054-2062

  Vaccarino, Viola ^a   Horwitz, Ralph I ^a   Meehan, Thomas P ^b   Petrillo, Marcia K ^b   Radford, Martha J ^b,c   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Yale University School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032511755     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.18.2054     Document Type: Article

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