Plasma viscosity and the risk of coronary heart disease: Results from the MONICA-Augsburg cohort study, 1984 to 1992

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 768-772

  Koenig, Wolfgang ^a,d   Sund, Malte ^b   Filipiak, Birgit ^c   Döring, Angela ^a,c   Löwel, Hannelore ^c   Ernst, Edzard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Institute of Epidemiology   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Incidence; Plasma; Prospective studies; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY MASS; CORONARY RISK; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0031861699     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.18.5.768     Document Type: Article

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