Changing trends in mortality and admissions to hospital for elderly patients with congestive heart failure in Montreal

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 165, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1033-1036

  Feldman, D E ^a   Thivierge, C ^a   Guerard L ^a   Dery V ^a   Kapetanakis, C ^a   Lavoie, G ^a   Beck, E J ^a  

^a Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH;

EID: 0034792440     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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