The Family Atherosclerosis Monitoring In earLY life (FAMILY) study. Rationale, design, and baseline data of a study examining the early determinants of atherosclerosis

American Heart Journal

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 533-539

  Morrison, Katherine M ^a   Atkinson, Stephanie A ^a   Yusuf, Salim ^a,b   Bourgeois, Jacqueline ^a   McDonald, Sarah ^a   McQueen, Matthew J ^a   Persadie, Richard ^c   Hunter, Barry ^d   Pogue, Janice ^b   Teo, Koon ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital Burlington   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; ONTARIO; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70349211575     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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