Common carotid intima-media thickness as an indicator of atherosclerosis at other sites of the carotid artery: The Rotterdam Study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 147-153

  Bots, Michiel L ^a   Hofman, A ^a   De Jong, Paulus T V M ^a   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; cardiovascular disease; carotid stenosis; population based; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029871447     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1047-2797(96)00001-4     Document Type: Article

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