Age and sex differences in the distribution and ultrasound morphology of carotid atherosclerosis: The Tromso study

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3007-3013

  Joakimsen, Oddmund ^a   Bønaa, Kaare H ^b   Stensland Bugge, Eva ^b   Jacobsen, Bjarne Koster ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Sex; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033380865     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.19.12.3007     Document Type: Article

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