Acute coronary syndrome and the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A 10-year retrospective study

Military Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 431-434

  Bergovec, Mijo ^a   Heim, Inge ^b   Vasilj, Ivan ^c   Jembrek Gostovic, Mirjana ^b   Bergovec, Marko ^a   Strnad, Marija ^d  

^a University of Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation   (Croatia)

^c Institute for Public Health   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^d CROATIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; WAR;

EID: 18544368984     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.170.5.431     Document Type: Article

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