Excess cardiac mortality on Monday: The importance of gender, age and hospitalisation

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 395-399

  Witte, D R ^a   Grobbee, D E ^a   Bots, M L ^a   Hoes, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Circadian variation; Review; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 21244461981     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-004-6594-4     Document Type: Article

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