Comparison of risk factors for cardiovascular mortality in black and white adults

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1196-1202

  Carnethon, Mercedes R ^a   Lynch, Elizabeth B ^a   Dyer, Alan R ^a   Lloyd Jones, Donald M ^a   Wang, Renwei ^a   Garside, Daniel B ^a   Greenland, Philip ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33745050825     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.166.11.1196     Document Type: Article

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