Registering ischaemic heart disease: Are we meeting the targets for South Asians?

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 365-368

  Naqvi, Habib ^a   Ben Shlomo, Yoav ^b   Baker, Ian ^c   Field, Natalie ^a  

^a Bristol North Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Avon Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ischaemic heart disease; Primary care; Registration; South Asians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH ASIA;

ADULT; AGED; ASIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; WALES;

EID: 11244291117     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdh182     Document Type: Article

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