Seasonal variation of C-reactive protein in apparently healthy Koreans

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 338-342

  Sung, Ki Chul ^a  

^a School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Myocardial infarction; Stroke

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTUMN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKING; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK; SEASONS;

EID: 33344468708     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.03.045     Document Type: Article

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