American Heart Journal
Volume 150, Issue 2 , Pages 221-226, August 2005

Heart disease epidemic in Pakistan: Women and men at equal risk

  • Tazeen H. Jafar, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr. Tazeen H. Jafar, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Community Health Sciences and Medicine, Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, Karachi 74800, Pakistan.
    • Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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  • Fahim H. Jafary, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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  • Saleem Jessani, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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  • Nish Chaturvedi, MD, MRCP

      Affiliations

    • National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Received 30 April 2004; accepted 19 September 2004.

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 Supported by a grant from the Wellcome Trust, UK.

PII: S0002-8703(04)00657-X

doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2004.09.025

American Heart Journal
Volume 150, Issue 2 , Pages 221-226, August 2005