Downward trends in acute myocardial infarction incidence: How do migrants fare with the majority population? Results from a nationwide study

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1493-1500

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

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; coronary heart disease; ethnicity; incidence; migrant; trend

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANTILLEAN; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDONESIAN; MALE; MIGRANT; MOROCCAN; NETHERLANDS; REGISTER; SURINAME; SURINAMESE; TURK (PEOPLE); ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; TIME;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NETHERLANDS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84911946804     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487313500156     Document Type: Article

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