The impact of heavy passive smoking on arterial endothelial function in modernized Chinese

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1228-1232

  Woo, Kam S ^a,d   Chook, Ping ^a   Leong, Hok C ^b   Huang, Xin S ^b   Celermajer, David S ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China   (Macao)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE SMOKING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; ADULT; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMAN; MACAO; MALE; MONGOLOID RACE; NITROGLYCERIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0033809754     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00860-3     Document Type: Article

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