Sex differences in evaluation and outcome of unstable angina

JAMA

Volumn 283, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 646-652

  Roger, Véronique L ^a,d   Farkouh, Michael E ^e   Weston, Susan A ^b   Reeder, Guy S ^a   Jacobsen, Steven J ^c   Zinsmeister, Alan R ^b   Yawn, Barbara P ^d   Kopecky, Stephen L ^a   Gabriel, Sherine E ^c  

^a Rochester   (United States)

^b Section of Biostatistics   (United States)

^c Section of Clinical Epidemiology   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART ARREST; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0034594642     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.283.5.646     Document Type: Article

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