Socio economic crisis and mortality. Epidemiological testimony of the financial collapse of Argentina

Thrombosis Journal

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Gurfinkel, Enrique P ^a   Bozovich, Gerardo E ^b   Dabbous, Omar ^c   Mautner, Branco ^a   Anderson, Frederick ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN FAVALORO   (Argentina)

^b Instituto Argentino de Diagnostico y Tratamiento   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; BRAZIL; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; POLAND; PROGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29244477873     PISSN: 14779560     EISSN: 14779560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-9560-3-22     Document Type: Article

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