Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 603-609 , May 1997

Sex and ethnic differences in use of myocardial revascularization procedures in Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites: The Corpus Christi Heart Project

,Accepted 3 February 1997.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 603-609 , May 1997

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