Congestive heart failure hospitalizations and survival in California: Patterns according to race/ethnicity

American Heart Journal

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 919-927

  Alexander, Mark ^a   Grumbach, Kevin ^a   Remy, Linda ^a   Rowell, Richard ^a   Massie, Barry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032939349     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(99)70417-5     Document Type: Article

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