Profile of sudden death in an adult population (1999-2008)

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Downes, M R ^a   Thorne, J ^a   Khalid, T N Tengku ^a   Hassan, H A ^a   Leader, M ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; IRELAND; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77954418452     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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