Somatotype and angiographically determined atherosclerotic coronary artery disease in men

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 128-138

  Williams, Simon R P ^a   Goodfellow, Jonathan ^b   Davies, Bruce ^a   Bell, William ^c   McDowell, Ian ^b   Jones, Eleri ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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