Rationale and design of the Prospective Army Coronary Calcium (PACC) study: Utility of electron beam computed tomography as a screening test for coronary artery disease and as an intervention for risk factor modification among young, asymptomatic, active-duty United States Army personnel

American Heart Journal

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 932-941

  O'Malley, Patrick G ^b   Taylor, Allen J ^a   Gibbons, Robert V ^b   Feuerstein, Irwin M ^b   Jones, David L ^b   Vernalis, Marina ^b   Brazaitis, Michael ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0032947851     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(99)70419-9     Document Type: Article

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