Acute myocardial infarction in Estonia: First results from the Tallinn AMI register

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 573-579

  Laks, Toivo ^a,e   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^b   Joeste, Enn ^c   Mäeots, Ene ^c   Pullisaar, Olar ^a   Salomaa, Veikko ^b   Viidebaum, Terje ^c   Palomäki, Pertti ^d   Karu, Kersti ^a   Torppa, Jorma ^b  

^a Estonian Heart Center   (Estonia)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c First Aid Hospital   (Estonia)

^d KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e Mustamae Hospital   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Coronary; Coronary heart disease; Event register; Incidence; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; USSR;

EID: 19244373524     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(95)00580-3     Document Type: Article

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