Incidence of Coronary Heart Disease and Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels: The Framingham Study

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 256, Issue 20, 1986, Pages 2835-2838

  Castelli, William P ^a   Garrison, Robert J ^b   Wilson, Peter W F ^a   Abbott, Robert D ^b   Kalousdian, Sona ^b   Kannel, William B ^c  

^a Heart Lung Blood Institute's Heart   (United States)

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

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; HEART; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL CHOLESTEROL; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SMOKING;

EID: 0023029454     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1986.03380200073024     Document Type: Article

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