Japan Arteriosclerosis Longitudinal Study-Existing Cohorts Combine (JALS-ECC) - Rationale, design, and population characteristics

Circulation Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1563-1568

  Harada, Akiko ^a   Ueshima, Hirotsugu ^b   Ohashi, Yasuo ^b   Toyoshima, Hideaki ^b   Imai, Yutaka ^b   Nakagawa, Hideaki ^b   Shimamoto, Kazuaki ^b   Yamashina, Akira ^b   Kushiro, Toshio ^b   Kiyohara, Yutaka ^b   Iso, Hiroyasu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cohort study; Coronary heart disease; Meta analysis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; COHORT STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PATIENT SELECTION; SMOKING; STROKE;

EID: 52749083015     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-07-1049     Document Type: Article

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