Age and gender distributions of coronary artery calcium detected by electron beam tomography in 35,246 adults

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1335-1339

  Hoff, Julie Anne ^a   Chomka, Eva V ^a   Krainik, Andrew J ^a   Daviglus, Martha ^b   Rich, Stuart ^c   Kondos, George T ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERY LESION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DENSITY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035876893     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)01548-X     Document Type: Article

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