Gender differences in the risk of coronary artery disease in Iran

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 36-47

  Abbasi, S H ^a,b   Ponce de Leon, A ^c,d   Kassaian, S E ^b   Karimi, A A ^b   Sundin, O ^e   Soares, J ^a,c   Macassa, G ^a,c,f  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Female; Iran; Male; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858437146     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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