Long-term heart disease and stroke mortality among former American prisoners of war of World War II and the Korean Conflict: Results of a 50-year follow-up

Military Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 803-808

  Page, W F ^a   Brass, L M ^a  

^a NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILITARY MEDICINE; MORTALITY; PRISONER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; WAR;

EID: 0034785894     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/166.9.803     Document Type: Article

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