Prevalence of ischemic heart disease among urban population of Siliguri, West Bengal

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-23

  Mandal, Sukanta ^a   Saha, Joyti ^a   Mandal, Sankar ^a   Bhattacharya, Rudra ^a   Chakraborty, Manashi ^a   Pal, Partha ^a  

^a NORTH BENGAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

IHD; Risk factor; Urban population

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749109767     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.44518     Document Type: Article

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