Prevalence of atrial fibrillation in middle-aged people in Korea: The Korean genome and epidemiology study

Korean Circulation Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 601-605

  Lee, Kwang Soo ^a   Choi, Sun Ja ^a   Park, Sung Hee ^a   Kim, Hyung Lae ^a   Min, Haesook ^a   Park, Hyun Young ^a  

^a Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Korea; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 58149296293     PISSN: 17385520     EISSN: 17385555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2008.38.11.601     Document Type: Article

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