Assembling evidence to justify prevention of atherosclerosis beginning in youth

Circulation

Volumn 122, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 2493-2494

  Gidding, Samuel S ^a,b  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Editorials; hypertension (high blood pressure); lipids; pediatrics; prevention; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SMOKING; ULTRASOUND;

AGE FACTORS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHILD; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78650729334     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.992123     Document Type: Editorial

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