Racial differences in risk factors for atherosclerosis: The ARIC study

Angiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 279-290

  Hutchinson, Richard G ^a   Watson, Robert L ^b   Edward Davis, C ^c   Barnes, Ralph ^d   Brown, Spencer ^e   Romm, Fredric ^f   Spencer, Jessie M ^a   Tyroler, H A ^c   Wu, Kenneth ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030945117     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331979704800401     Document Type: Article

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