Comparison of electrocardiographic findings between Northern and Southern Chinese population samples

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-84

  Rao, Xuxu ^a   Wu, Xigui ^b   Folsom, Aaron R ^c   Liu, Xiaging ^a   Zhong, Hongye ^b   Williams, O Dale ^d   Stamler, Jeremiah ^e   Irving, Sandra H ^f  

^a Guangzhou Institute of Cardiovascular Disease   (China)

^b FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beijing; China; ECG abnormalities; Guangzhou

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; REGIONAL PATTERN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; CHINESE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; T WAVE;

CHINA;

EID: 0033995207     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/29.1.77     Document Type: Article

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