Risk factors for myocardial infarction in women and men: insights from the INTERHEART study.

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Published in Eur Heart J on March 10, 2008

Authors

Sonia S Anand1, Shofiqul Islam, Annika Rosengren, Maria Grazia Franzosi, Krisela Steyn, Afzal Hussein Yusufali, Matyas Keltai, Rafael Diaz, Sumathy Rangarajan, Salim Yusuf, INTERHEART Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. anands@mcmaster.ca

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