Risk factors for early myocardial infarction in South Asians [7]

JAMA

Volumn 297, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 1880-1881

  Rashid, Shirya ^a   Khandaker, Nadim ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LETTER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SOUTH ASIA; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; ASIAN; BANGLADESH; ETHNOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; NOTE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ARSENIC; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BANGLADESH; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 34247854931     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.297.17.1880-b     Document Type: Letter

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