Metabolic syndrome and carotid intima media thickness in urban police officers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 553-561

  Hartley, Tara A ^a,b   Shankar, Anoop ^b   Fekedulegn, Desta ^a   Violanti, John M ^c   Andrew, Michael E ^a   Knox, Sarah S ^b   Burchfiel, Cecil M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; POLICE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 85027945329     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182171995     Document Type: Article

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