Prevalence and determinants of carotid atherosclerosis in healthy postmenopausal women

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 513-517

  Lassila, Holly C ^a   Tyrrell, Kim Sutton ^b   Matthews, Karen A ^b   Wolfson, Sidney K ^b   Kuller, Lewis H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; carotid arteries; risk factors; ultraschics; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STROKE;

EID: 0030934673     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.3.513     Document Type: Article

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