Epidemiology of Cardiac Arrest

Sudden Cardiac Death: A handbook for clinical practice

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-20

  Myerburg, Robert J ^a   Wellens, Hein J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biological death; Classic coronary risk factors; Epidemiology of cardiac arrest; Terminal event; Time dependent risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889419405     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444312881.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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