Seasonal variations of plasma fibrinogen and factor VII activity in the elderly: winter infections and death from cardiovascular disease

The Lancet

Volumn 343, Issue 8895, 1994, Pages 435-439

  Woodhouse, P R ^a   Khaw, KayTee ^a   Plummer, M ^b   Meade, T W ^c   Foley, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; FIBRINOGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0027958202     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(94)92689-1     Document Type: Article

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