Religious affiliation and acute coronary syndrome: A population-based case-control study in Tirana, Albania

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 329-334

  Burazeri, Genc ^a   Goda, Artan ^b   Roshi, Enver ^a   Kark, Jeremy D ^c  

^a University of Tirana Faculty of Medicine   (Albania)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CENTER MOTHER TERESA   (Albania)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Albania; Christian; Muslim; Religion

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALBANIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHRISTIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EUROPE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEASUREMENT; MIGRATION; MOSLEM; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ALBANIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRISTIANITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; ISLAM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 44649144652     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckn005     Document Type: Article

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