American Heart Journal
Volume 160, Issue 2 , Pages 230-236 , August 2010

High burden of cardiovascular disease risk factors in Mexico: An epidemic of ischemic heart disease that may be on its way?

  • Benjamín Acosta-Cázares, MD

      Affiliations

    • Mexican Social Security, Mexican Social Security Institute, Mexico City, Mexico
    • ,
  • Jorge Escobedo-de la Peña, MD, FACP

      Affiliations

    • Medical Research Unit on Clinical Epidemiology, Mexican Social Security Institute, Mexico City, Mexico
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jorge Escobedo-de la Peña, MD, FACP, Apartado Postal 40-028 Delegacion Cuauhtemoc 06140 Mexico, DF Mexico.

Received 20 February 2010 ,Accepted 6 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.05.016

American Heart Journal
Volume 160, Issue 2 , Pages 230-236 , August 2010

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