Identifying Athletes at Risk for Sudden Death

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1964-1966

  Williams, Roberta G ^a   Chen, Alex Y ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY RISK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SPORT; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0345304841     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2003.09.007     Document Type: Editorial

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