Precursors of extracranial carotid atherosclerosis in the framingham study

Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1046-1050

  Fine Edelstein, J S ^a   Wolf, Philip A ^a   O'leary, D H ^c   Poehlman, H ^d   Belanger, A J ^b   Kase, C S ^a   D'agostino, R B ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Framingham Study   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHOLESTEROL;

AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0028245453     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.44.6.1046     Document Type: Article

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