The incidence of coronary heart disease among Palestinians and Israelis in Jerusalem

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 448-457

  Kark, Jeremy D ^a   Fink, Rita ^a   Adler, Bella ^a   Goldberger, Nehama ^a   Goldman, Sylvie ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arabs; Coronary disease; Incidence; Israel; Jews; Myocardial infarction; Palestinians; Registries; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; HEALTH RISK; LIFESTYLE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALESTINE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARABS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY DISEASE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REGISTRIES;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; JERUSALEM [ISRAEL]; MIDDLE EAST; PALESTINE;

EID: 33645825189     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl012     Document Type: Article

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