Predictors of myocardial lesions in men with minimal coronary atherosclerosis at autopsy: The Honolulu Heart Program

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 137-146

  Burchfiel, Cecil M ^a,f   Reed, Dwayne M ^d   Strong, Jack P ^e   Sharp, Dan S ^a   Chyou, Po Huang ^b   Rodriguez, Beatriz L ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Honolulu Heart Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; autopsy; cardiovascular diseases; cigarette smoking; fish oils; risk factors

Indexed keywords

FISH OIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029913052     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1047-2797(95)00125-5     Document Type: Article

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