Peripheral arterial disease in the elderly: The rotterdam study

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-192

  Meijer, Wouter T ^a   Hoes, Arno W ^a,b,c   Rutgers, Dominique ^a   Bots, Michiel L ^a,c   Hofman, Albert ^a   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a,c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular risk; Elderly; Intermittent claudication; Peripheral arterial disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

EID: 0031838214     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.18.2.185     Document Type: Article

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