Ethnic differences in arterial responses, inflammation, and metabolic profiles: Possible insights into ethnic differences in cardiovascular disease and stroke

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2240-2242

  Lip, Gregory Y H ^a   Boos, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 27644479070     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000188507.89134.ef     Document Type: Editorial

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