Common carotid intima-media thickness and risk of stroke and myocardial infarction: The Rotterdam Study

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1432-1437

  Bots, Michiel L ^a   Hoes, Arno W ^a   Koudstaal, Peter J ^b   Hofman, Albert ^a   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Risk factors; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTIMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

EID: 0030826182     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.5.1432     Document Type: Article

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