Ethnic variations in heart failure: Scottish Health and Ethnicity Linkage Study (SHELS)

Heart

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 468-473

  Bhopal, R S ^a   Bansal, N ^a   Fischbacher, C M ^a,b   Brown, H ^a   Capewell, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PAKISTANI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND;

EID: 84857455104     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2011-301191     Document Type: Article

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