Resting heart rate is a risk factor for cardiovascular and noncardiovascular mortality: The Chicago Heart Association Detection Project in Industry

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 149, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 853-862

  Greenland, Philip ^a   Daviglus, Martha L ^a   Dyer, Alan R ^a   Liu, Kiang ^a   Huang, Cheng Fang ^a   Goldberger, Jeffrey J ^a   Stamler, Jeremiah ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Coronary disease; Heart rate; Mortality; Neoplasms; Prospective studies; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033135616     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009901     Document Type: Article

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