Genetic and environmental determinants of plasma nitrogen oxides and risk of ischemic heart disease

Hypertension

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1054-1061

  Jeerooburkhan, Noor ^a   Jones, Lisa C ^a   Bujac, Sarah ^a   Cooper, Jacqueleine A ^a   Miller, George J ^a   Vallance, Patrick ^a   Humphries, Steve E ^a   Hingorani, Aroon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endothelial dysfunction; Endothelium; Nitric oxide; Polymorphism; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROGEN OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0035726620     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hy1101.092967     Document Type: Article

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