Prevalence of and risk factors for autopsy-determined atherosclerosis among US service members, 2001-2011

JAMA

Volumn 308, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 2577-2583

  Webber, Bryant J ^a   Seguin, Peter G ^b   Burnett, Daniel G ^a   Clark, Leslie L ^c   Otto, Jean L ^c,d  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Dover Air Force Base   (United States)

^c Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center   (United States)

^d HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARMY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRAQ; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KOREAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MILITARY SERVICE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871497498     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.70830     Document Type: Article

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