Association between height and coronary artery disease in black men and women

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1253-1255

  Kelly, Russell F ^a,b   Mohanty, Jyoti ^b   Hashim, Ahmed S ^b   Parrillo, Joseph E ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT STATURE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY HEIGHT; CHICAGO; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034656967     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)00740-2     Document Type: Article

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