The relationship between fibrinogen and other coronary heart disease risk factors in a chinese population

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 405-413

  Lam, Tai Hing ^a   Liu, Long Jian ^a   Janus, Edward D ^a   Bourke, Cathy ^a   Hedley, Anthony J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Chinese; Fibrinogen; Hong Kong; Lipid profiles; Obesity; Smoking

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HONG KONG; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 0344507373     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(98)00294-9     Document Type: Article

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