Age and the Cardiovascular System

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 327, Issue 24, 1992, Pages 1735-1739

  Epstein, Franklin H ^a   Wei, Jeanne Y ^b  

^a all in Boston ^*

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE;

EID: 0027117437     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199212103272408     Document Type: Review

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