Ethnicity and peripheral vascular disease

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 645-648

  Makin, A J ^a,b   Silverman, S H ^b   Lip, G Y H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; WEST INDIES;

EID: 0036855269     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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