Haemostatic parameters and lifestyle factors in elderly men in Italy and The Netherlands

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 411-416

  Bijnen, Fransje C H ^a,b   Feskens, Edith J M ^b   Giampaoli, Simona ^c   Menotti, Alessandro ^d   Fidanza, Flaminio ^e   Hornstra, Gerard ^f   Caspersen, Carl J ^g   Mosterd, Willem L ^a   Kromhout, Daan ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; FIBRINOGEN;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEART INFARCTION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029839127     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1650592     Document Type: Article

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