No relation between excess fatigue and asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis

Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 638-640

  McGovern, Paul G ^a   Shahar, Eyal ^a   Folsom, Aaron R ^a   Rosamond, Wayne D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

carotid atherosclerosis; coronary heart disease; fatigue; gender; smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 0029810215     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199611000-00013     Document Type: Article

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