Sudden death due to ischaemic heart disease in young Aboriginal sportsmen in the Northern Territory, 1982-1996

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 170, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 425-428

  Young, Mark C ^a   Fricker, Peter A ^a   Thomson, Neil J ^b   Lee, Kevin A P ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; FOOTBALL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0033519224     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb127818.x     Document Type: Article

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