Gender and ethnic disparities in outcome following acute myocardial infarction among bedouins and jews in Southern Israel

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-80

  Plakht, Ygal ^a,b   Gilutz, Harel ^a   Shiyovich, Arthur ^a,b   Zahger, Doron ^a   Weitzman, Shimon ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

gender; Israeli Bedouins; Israeli Jews; myocardial infarction; prognosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; ARABS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79251491404     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckq012     Document Type: Article

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