Geographic variation in cardiovascular inflammation among healthy women in the women's health study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Clark, Cheryl R ^a   Coull, Brent ^b   Berkman, Lisa F ^b,c   Buring, Julie E ^a   Ridker, Paul M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR INFLAMMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 80755159588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027468     Document Type: Article

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