Gender differences in trends of acute myocardial infarction events: The Northern Sweden MONICA study 1985 - 2004

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Lundblad, Dan ^a,b,d,e   Holmgren, Lars ^b   Jansson, Jan Håkan ^c,d,e   Näslund, Ulf ^d,e   Eliasson, Mats ^a,b,d,e  

^a SUNDERBY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Norrbotten County Council   (Sweden)

^c Skelleftea Hospital   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SWEDEN; TREND STUDY; AGE; HEART INFARCTION; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 49549122180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-8-17     Document Type: Article

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