Circadian and weekly variations in pain onset of acute myocardial infarction

Chinese Medical Journal (Taipei)

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 334-340

  Chiang, Hung Ting ^a   Lin, Shoa Lin ^b   Ku, Chang Sheng ^b   Liu, Chun Peng ^b  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Circadian variation; Coronary care unit; Subtropical region

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SEASONS;

EID: 0032996021     PISSN: 05781337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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