Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 50, Issue 7 , Pages 787-791 , July 1997

Decreasing Mortality from Acute Myocardial Infarctions: Effect of Attack Rates and Case Severity

  • Iqbal R Bata

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4H7, Canada
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  • Brian J Eastwood

      Affiliations

    • Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4H7, Canada
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  • Ronald D Gregor

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4H7, Canada
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  • Judith R Guernsey

      Affiliations

    • Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4H7, Canada
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  • Gerald A Klassen

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4H7, Canada
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  • B.Ross MacKenzie

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4H7, Canada
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  • Hermann K Wolf

      Affiliations

    • Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4H7, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationHermann K. Wolf, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax NS, B3H 4H7, Canada

,Accepted 8 April 1997.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 50, Issue 7 , Pages 787-791 , July 1997

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