Differences in endothelial function between Korean-Asians and Caucasians

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Yim, Jongeun ^a   Petrofsky, Jerrold ^a   Berk, Lee ^a   Daher, Noha ^a   Lohman, Everett ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Endothelial function; Ethnicity; Local heat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CAUCASIAN; ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KOREA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 84863545255     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.882902     Document Type: Article

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