Excess coronary mortality among Australian men and women living outside the capital city statistical divisions

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 172, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 370-374

  Sexton, Peter T ^a   Sexton, Tiina Liisa H ^b  

^a Hobart Private Hospital   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0034678541     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2000.tb124008.x     Document Type: Article

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