Values of Blood Coagulating Factors Vary with Ambient Temperature: The Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Two-Township Study in Taiwan

Chinese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 111-116

  Yeh, C J ^a,b   Chan, P ^c   Pan, Wen Harn ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Taipei Municipal Chung Hsiao Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Coagulation factors; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; BLOOD COAGULATION FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030339382     PISSN: 03044920     EISSN: 26660059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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