Risk factors for abdominal aortic aneurysms in older adults enrolled in the Cardiovascular Health Study

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 963-970

  Alcorn, Hope G ^a   Wolfson Jr , Sidney K ^a   Sutton Tyrrell, Kim ^a   Kuller, Lewis H ^a   O'Leary, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal aortic aneurysms; risk factors

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTIMA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029845380     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.16.8.963     Document Type: Article

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