Acute myocardial infarction in sub-Saharan Africa: The need for data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Hertz, Julian T ^a   Reardon, Joseph M ^b   Rodrigues, Clarissa G ^b,d   De Andrade, Luciano ^b,e   Limkakeng, Alexander T ^b   Bloomfield, Gerald S ^b,c   Lynch, Catherine A ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE CARDIOLOGIA DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO OESTE DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ACUTE DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84901241619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096688     Document Type: Review

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