Predisposition to Atherosclerosis in the Head, Heart, and Legs: The Framingham Study

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 221, Issue 7, 1972, Pages 661-666

  Gordon, Tavia ^a   Kannel, William B ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Framingham Heart Disease Epidemiology Study ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOMEGALY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LEG; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; VASCULARIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOMEGALY; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOSE; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; LEG; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0015506081     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1972.03200200011003     Document Type: Article

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