Trace metals and coronary heart disease risk indicators in 152 elderly men (the zutphen study)

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 1985, Pages 378-385

  Kromhout, D ^a   Wibowo, A A E ^b   Herber, R F M ^b   Dalderup, L M ^c   Heerdink, H ^a   Coulander, C De Lezenne ^a   Zielhuis, R L ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Ministry of Social Affaire ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cadmium; Cholesterol; Copper; Coronary disease; Lead; Smoking; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HEART; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SPECTROMETRY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CORONARY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SMOKING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 0021842335     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114118     Document Type: Article

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