Trends in acute myocardial infarction mortality and morbidity from 1979 to 2001 in the City of Zagreb, Croatia

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 970-976

  Heim, Inge ^a,b   Jembrek Gostović, Mirjana ^a   Kern, Josipa ^a   Jonke, Vladimir ^a   Svetina, Maja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b NONE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 31744451725     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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