Incidence of Major Cardiovascular Events in Immigrants to Ontario, Canada

نویسندگان

  • Jack V. Tu
  • Anna Chu
  • Mohammad R. Rezai
  • Helen Guo
  • Laura C. Maclagan
  • Peter C. Austin
  • Gillian L. Booth
  • Douglas G. Manuel
  • Maria Chiu
  • Dennis T. Ko
  • Douglas S. Lee
  • Baiju R. Shah
  • Linda R. Donovan
  • Qazi Zain Sohail
  • David A. Alter
چکیده

In addition to the material contained in this appendix, information about the CANHEART initiative and the Immigrant study (including a slide deck) can be found on the study web site at www.canheart.ca.

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عنوان ژورنال:

دوره 132  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015