Ethnic variations in acute coronary syndromes

Heart

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 595-597

  Lanza, G A ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; FAT; THROMBOMODULIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINESE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAT INTAKE; FATALITY; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; THROMBOGENESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442670194     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.026476     Document Type: Review

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