The Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease and Stroke Among Immigrant Populations: A Systematic Review

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1160-1168

  Sohail, Qazi Zain ^a,b   Chu, Anna ^a,b   Rezai, Mohammad R ^b   Donovan, Linda R ^b   Ko, Dennis T ^a,b,c   Tu, Jack V ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DENMARK; EASTERN EUROPEAN; EMBASE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDLINE; MIDDLE EAST; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH ASIAN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPEAN; HEALTH; LIFESTYLE; MIGRANT; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; TIME FACTOR;

EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84940792373     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2015.04.027     Document Type: Review

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