Racial variation in risk factors and occurrence of acute myocardial infarction: Comparison between Arab and south Asian men in Kuwait

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 266-270

  Suresh, Cheriyil G ^b   Zubaid, Mohammad ^a   Thalib, Lukman ^b   Rashed, Wafa ^b   David, Thomas ^b  

^a MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Epidemiology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARABS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036581742     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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