Analysing falls in coronary heart disease mortality in the West Bank between 1998 and 2009

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Abu Rmeileh, Niveen M E ^a   Shoaibi, Azza ^a   O'Flaherty, Martin ^b   Capewell, Simon ^b   Husseini, Abdullatif ^a  

^a BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALESTINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SMOKING; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 84866002415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001061     Document Type: Article

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