Military Combat and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease and Ischemic Stroke in Aging Men: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-150

  Johnson, Anna M ^a   Rose, Kathryn M ^a   Elder Jr , Glen H ^b   Chambless, Lloyd E ^b   Kaufman, Jay S ^c   Heiss, Gerardo ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular Disease; Combat; Heart Disease; Ischemic Stroke; Veteran

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY PHENOMENA; MILITARY SERVICE; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATERNAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMBAT DISORDERS; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 73249146073     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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