South Asians and coronary heart disease: Always bad news?

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 61, Issue 582, 2011, Pages 9-11

  Zaman, M Justin S ^a,b,c   Patel, Kiran C R ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Cardiovascular Working Group   (United Kingdom)

^c South Asian Health Foundation   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e NHS West Midlands Strategic Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ASIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGNOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; ADULT; ASIA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ASIA; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79957502932     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp11X548901     Document Type: Editorial

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