The decline in coronary heart disease: Determining the paternity of success

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 274-276

  Goldman, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE ISOENZYME; TROPONIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATERNITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 4143083830     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.06.003     Document Type: Editorial

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