Risk factors for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and dementia in the elderly

Current Problems in Cardiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-62

  Frishman, William H ^a   Sokol, Seth ^b   Aronson, Miriam K ^a,c,d   Wassertheil Smoller, Sylvia ^e,f   Katzman, Robert ^g  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Bergen Pines County Hospital   (United States)

^e Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine

^f NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE EYE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; DRUG; FOLIC ACID; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; VITAMIN;

AGED; AGING; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031836478     PISSN: 01462806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-2806(98)80010-8     Document Type: Review

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