Prevalence of syncope in a sample of Mexican women residents in Mexico City;Prevalencia de síncope en una muestra de mujeres mexicanas residentes de la ciudad de México

Archivos de Cardiologia de Mexico

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 197-200

  Cárdenas, Manuel ^a   Vallejo, Maite ^a   Martínez Palomino, Guadalupe ^a   Paredes Balderas, Guadalupe ^a   Sandoval Rubio, Lorena A ^a   Maldonado Gallardo, Estela ^a   Hermosillo, J Antonio G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Epidemiology; Sex; Statistics; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; PREVALENCE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYNCOPE; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SYNCOPE; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350492500     PISSN: 14059940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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