Lower age at first myocardial infarction in female compared to male smokers

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1184-1193

  Bähler, Caroline ^a   Gutzwiller, Felix ^a   Erne, Paul ^b   Radovanovic, Dragana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Division of Cardiology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; sex; smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWITZERLAND;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84873270770     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741826711422764     Document Type: Article

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