Trends and ethnic differences in hospital admissions and mortality for congestive heart failure in the elderly in Singapore, 1991 to 1998

Heart

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 865-870

  Ng, Tze Pin ^a   Niti, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0042167468     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.8.865     Document Type: Article

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