Ethnicity and long-term outcome after an acute coronary event

American Heart Journal

Volumn 138, Issue 3 I, 1999, Pages 500-506

  Nakamura, Y ^a   Moss, A J ^a   Brown, M W ^a   Kinoshita, M ^a   Kawai, C ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORONARY RISK; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032869881     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(99)70153-5     Document Type: Article

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