Can prevalence of apolipoprotein e epsilon 4 allele explain the geographical variation of coronary heart disease mortality rates in Western Europe?

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 897-898

  Zhang, Hong Liang ^a   Yang, Yi ^a   Wu, Jiang ^a  

^a THE FIRST HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 79151469858     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-010-9509-6     Document Type: Letter

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