Circadian, day-of-week, and age patterns of the occurrence of acute coronary syndrome in Beijing's emergency medical services system

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 663-667

  Li, Yi ^a   Du, Tiekuan ^a   Lewin, Matthew R ^b   Wang, Houli ^a   Ji, Xu ^a   Zhang, Yanping ^a   Xu, Tengda ^a   Xu, Lingjie ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955476620     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.02.033     Document Type: Article

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