Prevalence of coronary artery disease, ischemic stroke, peripheral arterial disease, and coronary revascularization in older African-Americans, Asians, Hispanics, Whites, Men, and Women

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 932-933

  Ness, Jose ^a   Aronow, Wilbert S ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN AMERICANS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032876847     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00470-1     Document Type: Article

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