Myocardial infarction incidence and survival by ethnic group: Scottish Health and Ethnicity Linkage retrospective cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Bansal, Narinder ^a   Fischbacher, Colin M ^b   Bhopal, Raj S ^a   Brown, Helen ^a   Steiner, Markus F C ^a   Capewell, Simon ^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

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84885366583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003415     Document Type: Article

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