Incidence of and case fatality following acute myocardial infarction in aboriginal and non-aboriginal Western Australians (2000-2004): A linked data study

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 717-725

  Katzenellenbogen, Judith M ^a   Sanfilippo, Frank M ^b   Hobbs, Michael S T ^b   Briffa, Tom G ^b   Ridout, Steve C ^b   Knuiman, Matthew W ^b   Dimer, Lyn ^c   Taylor, Kate P ^a,e   Thompson, Peter L ^d   Thompson, Sandra C ^a,e  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Heart and Lung Transplant Foundation of Western Australia   (Australia)

^d SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Case fatality; Data linkage; Incidence; Indigenous Aboriginal health; Western Australia Australia

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 78149456112     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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