Comparison of atherosclerosis in Alaska Natives and nonnatives

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1069-1075

  Newman III, William P ^a   Middaugh, John P ^b   Cuzman, Miguel A ^a   Propst, Michael T ^c   Rogers, Donald R ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Alaska Division of Public Health   (United States)

^c Alaska Medical Examiners   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY RISK; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALASKA; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 0031429970     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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