Incidence of acute myocardial infarction in first and second generation minority groups: Does the second generation converge towards the majority population?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 5422-5429

  Van Oeffelen, A A M ^a   Vaartjes, I ^a   Stronks, K ^b   Bots, M L ^b   Agyemang, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Ethnicity; Generation; Migrant; Minorities; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE REGISTRY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FIRST GENERATION MINORITY GROUP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDONESIA; MAJORITY POPULATION; MALE; MIGRATION; MINORITY GROUP; NETHERLANDS; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; NORTH AFRICA; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND GENERATION MINORITY GROUP; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SURINAME;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ETHNICITY; GENERATION; MIGRANT; MINORITIES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

ADULT; COHORT EFFECT; COMORBIDITY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDONESIA; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MOROCCO; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NETHERLANDS; PAKISTAN; PHILIPPINES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; SURINAME; TURKEY;

EID: 84887191152     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.08.046     Document Type: Article

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