ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY DURING THE 1992 RIOTS IN LOS-ANGELES

Authors
BIRNBAUM Y KLONER RA PERRITT R POOLE K
Citation
Y. Birnbaum et al., ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY DURING THE 1992 RIOTS IN LOS-ANGELES, The American journal of cardiology, 79(8), 1997, pp. 1155
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
79
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)79:8<1155:ACMDT1>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
During the 3-day period of the Los Angeles riots in 1992, there was a significant increase in the total number of deaths investigated by the Coroner's office and deaths attributed to violence and trauma, but no t to atherosclerotic cardiovascular mortality. However, there was a si gnificant decrease in cardiovascular mortality in the period following the riots, compared with the period of the riots of the preceding per iod.