Values of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in each month of the year in apparently healthy individuals

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 152-155

  Rogowski, Ori ^a,b   Toker, Sharon ^a,b   Shapira, Itzhak ^a,b   Melamed, Samuel ^a,b   Shirom, Arie ^a,b   Zeltser, David ^a,b   Berliner, Shlomo ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Occupational Health and Rehabilitation Institute Israel   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 11144221255     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.08.086     Document Type: Article

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