Physical activity status and adverse age-related differences in coagulation and fibrinolytic factors in women

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 362-368

  DeSouza, Christopher A ^a   Jones, Pamela Parker ^a   Seals, Douglas R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Exercise; Fibrin D dimer; Fibrinogen; Fibrinolytic system

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRINOGEN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0031916106     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.18.3.362     Document Type: Article

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