Regional variation in incidence and case fatality of myocardial infarction among young women in England, Scotland and Wales

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 293-298

  Dunn, N R ^a   Arscott, A ^a   Thorogood, M ^b   Faragher, B ^c   De Caestecker, L ^d   MacDonald, T M ^e   McCollum, C ^f   Thomas, S ^g   Mann, R D ^a  

^a DRUG SAFETY RESEARCH UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^f MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; REGIONAL PATTERN; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SCOTLAND; WALES;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034060413     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.54.4.293     Document Type: Article

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