Coronary artery disease and symptoms of depression in a Kenyan population

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 611-615

  Njenga, F G ^a   Kamotho, C G ^a   Joshi, M D ^b   Gikonyo, D K ^c   Wanyoike, M ^c  

^a Aga Khan Hospital ^*  (Kenya)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c Nairobi Hospital   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOGRAPHY; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 19644375102     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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