Neutrophil counts, monocyte counts and cardiovascular disease in the elderly

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 615-619

  Pinto, Eleanor M ^a,c   Huppert, Felicia A ^a   Morgan, Kevin ^b   Brayne, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Elderly; Leukocytes; Monocytes; Neutrophils; Population sample

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; BASOPHIL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; VEIN PUNCTURE;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MONOCYTES; NEUTROPHILS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 1642503822     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2003.12.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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