Risk factors for coronary disease and stroke in men and women

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 343-349

  Isles, C G ^a   Hole, D J ^b   Lever, A F ^c   Hawthorne, V M ^d  

^a DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b RUCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKE; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029938909     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/89.5.343     Document Type: Article

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