Lymphocyte cell counts in middle age are positively associated with subsequent all-cause and cardiovascular mortality

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 319-324

  Phillips, A C ^a   Carroll, D ^a   Gale, C R ^b   Drayson, M ^c   Batty, G D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; VIET NAM;

EID: 79953776115     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcq199     Document Type: Article

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