Impact of major cardiovascular disease risk factors, particularly in combination, on 22-year mortality in women and men

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 2007-2014

  Lowe, Lynn P ^a   Greenland, Philip ^a   Ruth, Karen J ^a   Dyer, Alan R ^a   Stamler, Rose ^a   Stamler, Jeremiah ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHICAGO; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032511734     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.18.2007     Document Type: Article

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