South Asians are under-represented in a clinic treating atrial fibrillation in a multicultural city in the UK

Journal of Atrial Fibrillation

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Tayebjee, M H ^a   Tyndall, K ^a   Holding, S ^a   Russell, C ^a   Graham, L N ^a   Pepper, C B ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84857473721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19416911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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