Access to cardiac resources

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1085-1087

  Brophy, James M ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CANADA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORTALITY; NOTE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033383977     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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