Decline in incidence of hospitalisation for acute myocardial infarction in the Netherlands from 1995 to 2000

Heart

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 162-165

  Koek, H L ^a   De Bruin, A ^b   Gast, A ^b   Gevers, E ^c   Kardaun, J W P F ^b   Reitsma, J B ^d   Grobbee, D E ^a   Bots, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c Prismant Health Care and Advise Institute   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 31144474619     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.054486     Document Type: Article

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