Racial/ethnic differences in the prevalence of atrial fibrillation among older adults - A cross-sectional study

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 906-914

  Shen, Albert Yuh Jer ^a   Contreras, Richard ^b   Sobnosky, Serap ^a   Shah, Ahmed I ^a   Ichiuji, Anne M ^a   Jorgensen, Michael B ^a   Brar, Somjot S ^a   Chen, Wansu ^b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 78149355994     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)30709-4     Document Type: Article

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