White blood cell count: An independent predictor of coronary heart disease mortality among a national cohort

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 316-322

  Brown, David W ^a   Giles, Wayne H ^a   Croft, Janet B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Epidemiology; Mortality; Survival analysis; White blood cell count

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0035138577     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(00)00296-1     Document Type: Article

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