Referral to autopsy: Effect of antemortem cardiovascular disease: A population-based study in Olmsted County, Minnesota

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 264-270

  Targonski, Paul ^a   Jacobsen, Steven J ^a   Weston, Susan A ^a   Leibson, Cynthia L ^a   Pfeifer, Eric ^a   Nemetz, Peter ^b   Roger, Véronique L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Autopsy; Cardiovascular disease; Prevalence; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; HEART INFARCTION; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0035067939     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(00)00220-9     Document Type: Article

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