American Heart Journal
Volume 148, Issue 1 , Pages 7-15 , July 2004

Coronary artery disease in the developing world

  • Karen Okrainec, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Devi K Banerjee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Mark J Eisenberg, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Divisions of Cardiology and Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Mark J. Eisenberg, MD, MPH, Divisions of Cardiology and Clinical Epidemiology and Associate Professor of Medicine, Jewish General Hospital/McGill University, 3755 Cote Ste. Catherine Road/Suite A-118, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3T 1E2.

Received 9 April 2003 ,Accepted 11 November 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2003.11.027

American Heart Journal
Volume 148, Issue 1 , Pages 7-15 , July 2004

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