Coronary heart disease in women

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7515, 2005, Pages 467-468

  Mikhail, Ghada W ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AWARENESS; BACKACHE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; EUROPE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NAUSEA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 24344457176     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.331.7515.467     Document Type: Editorial

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