Rural-Urban Differences in Cardiovascular Mortality in the US, 1999-2017

Sarah H. Cross; Mandeep R. Mehra; Deepak L. Bhatt; Khurram Nasir; Christopher J. O'Donnell; Robert M. Califf; Haider J. Warraich

doi:10.1001/jama.2020.2047

Rural-Urban Differences in Cardiovascular Mortality in the US, 1999-2017

Sarah H. Cross, Mandeep R. Mehra, Deepak L. Bhatt, Khurram Nasir, Christopher J. O'Donnell, Robert M. Califf, Haider J. Warraich

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1852-1854
Number of pages	3
Journal	JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association
Volume	323
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.2047
State	Published - May 12 2020

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