Ethnic and sex differences in the incidence of hospitalized acute myocardial infarction: British Columbia, Canada 1995-2002

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Nijjar, Aman P K ^a   Wang, Hong ^a   Quan, Hude ^b   Khan, Nadia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CHINA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77955685441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-10-38     Document Type: Article

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