Long-term effects of the Niigata-Chuetsu earthquake in Japan on acute myocardial infarction mortality: An analysis of death certificate data

Heart

Volumn 95, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 2009-2013

  Nakagawa, I ^a   Nakamura, Kazutoshi ^b   Oyama, M ^b   Yamazaki, O ^c   Ishigami, K ^c   Tsuchiya, Y ^b   Yamamoto, M ^b  

^a Teikyo University   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Niigata Prefectural Government   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EARTHQUAKE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONG TERM CARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 71749095425     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2009.174201     Document Type: Article

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