Cardiovascular and cancer mortality among Canadians of European, south Asian and Chinese origin from 1979 to 1993: An analysis of 1.2 million deaths

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 132-138

  Sheth, Tej ^a   Nair, Cyril ^b   Nargundkar, Mukund ^d   Anand, Sonia ^a   Yusuf, Salim ^a,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^c HGH McMaster Clinic   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIRTH; CANADA; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINESE; DATA BASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

EID: 0033609485     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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