Disparate effects of the 1989 Loma Prieta and 1994 Northridge earthquakes on hospital admissions for acute myocardial infarction: Importance of superimposition of triggers

American Heart Journal

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 830-836

  Brown, David L ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EARTHQUAKE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032961882     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(99)70406-0     Document Type: Article

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