Sudden cardiac death after manual or automated snow removal

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 833-835

  Chowdhury, Pertha S ^b   Franklin, Barry A ^a   Boura, Judith A ^b   Dragovic, Ljubisa J ^b   Kanluen, Sawait ^b   Spitz, Werner ^b   Hodak, Jerry ^b   O'Neill, William W ^b  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNOW;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141459335     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(03)00894-4     Document Type: Article

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