Invited commentary: Height-cardiovascular disease relation: Where to go from here?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 155, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 688-689

  Miura, Katsuyuki ^a   Nakagawa, Hideaki ^a   Greenland, Philip ^b  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; NOTE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0037090040     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/155.8.688     Document Type: Note

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