White blood cell count and risk of incident atrial fibrillation (from the framingham heart study)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 533-537

  Rienstra, Michiel ^a,b,c   Sun, Jenny X ^d   Magnani, Jared W ^c,e   Sinner, Moritz F ^a,c,f   Lubitz, Steven A ^a   Sullivan, Lisa M ^d   Ellinor, Patrick T ^a   Benjamin, Emelia J ^c,d,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SMOKING;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856421818     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.09.049     Document Type: Article

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