Editorial: Broadening our understanding of survival after myocardial infarction: The association of neighborhood with outcomes

Circulation

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 348-350

  Spertus, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Editorials; Mortality

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MARKER; EDITORIAL; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; ISRAEL; MORTALITY; NOTE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76649120186     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0b013e3181d0b9c0     Document Type: Editorial

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