Serum iron level, coronary artery disease, and all-cause mortality in older men and women

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 120-127

  Corti, Maria Chiara ^a   Guralnik, Jack M ^b   Salive, Marcel E ^b   Ferrucci, Luigi ^b   Pahor, Marco ^b   Wallace, Robert B ^b   Hennekens, Charles H ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; IRON; LIPID; SERUM ALBUMIN;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; BOSTON; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONNECTICUT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CORONARY DISEASE; CREATININE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IOWA; IRON; LIPIDS; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031567856     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00697-2     Document Type: Article

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