Myocardial infarction and acute cholecystitis: An application of sequence symmetry analysis

Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 446-449

  Cher, Daniel J ^a,b  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b CareThere Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholecystitis; Confidence intervals; Confounding factors; Congestive heart failure; Data collection; Epidemiologic methods; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTITIS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033933179     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200007000-00014     Document Type: Article

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