Record linked retrospective cohort study of 4.6 million people exploring ethnic variations in disease: myocardial infarction in South Asians.

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Published in BMC Public Health on July 05, 2007

Authors

C M Fischbacher1, R Bhopal, C Povey, M Steiner, J Chalmers, G Mueller, J Jamieson, D Knowles

Author Affiliations

1: Information Services Division, NHS National Services Scotland, Gyle Square, 1 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh, UK. Colin.Fischbacher@isd.csa.scot.nh <Colin.Fischbacher@isd.csa.scot.nh>

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