Risk factors for acute myocardial infarction in the elderly (The Dubbo Study)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 69-72

  Simons, Leon A ^a,d   Simons, Judith ^a,b,c   Friedlander, Yechiel ^a,b,c   McCallum, John ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VENOUS BLOOD;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036147374     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)02168-3     Document Type: Article

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