Alcohol intake and aortic stiffness in young men and women

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 731-735

  Van Den Elzen, Annette P ^a   Sierksma, Aafje ^b,c   Oren, Anath ^c   Vos, Lydia E ^c   Witteman, Jacqueline C ^a   Grobbee, Diederick E ^c   Hendriks, Henk F ^b   Uiterwaal, Cuno S ^c   Bots, Michiel L ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Aortic stiffness; Cardiovascular disease risk; Pulse wave velocity; Young men and women

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART PROTECTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 17144422859     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000163140.82212.16     Document Type: Article

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