Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 20, Issue 5 , Pages 350-358 , June 2010

Cardiovascular disease prevalence and its relation to risk factors in Alaska Eskimos

  • Barbara V. Howard

      Affiliations

    • MedStar Research Institute, Hyattsville, MD, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: MedStar Research Institute, Georgetown University, 6495 New Hampshire Avenue, Suite 201, Hyattsville, MD 20783, USA. Tel.: +1 301 560 7302; fax: +1 301 560 7307.
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  • Anthony Comuzzie

      Affiliations

    • Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX, USA
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  • Richard B. Devereux

      Affiliations

    • Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
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  • Sven O.E. Ebbesson

      Affiliations

    • Norton Sound Health Corporation, Nome, AK, USA
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  • Richard R. Fabsitz

      Affiliations

    • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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  • Wm. James Howard

      Affiliations

    • Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA
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  • Sandra Laston

      Affiliations

    • Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX, USA
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  • Jean W. MacCluer

      Affiliations

    • Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX, USA
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  • Angela Silverman

      Affiliations

    • MedStar Research Institute, Hyattsville, MD, USA
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  • Jason G. Umans

      Affiliations

    • MedStar Research Institute, Hyattsville, MD, USA
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  • Hong Wang

      Affiliations

    • MedStar Research Institute, Hyattsville, MD, USA
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  • Neil J. Weissman

      Affiliations

    • MedStar Research Institute, Hyattsville, MD, USA
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  • Charlotte R. Wenger

      Affiliations

    • Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX, USA

Received 24 December 2008 ,Revised 17 April 2009 ,Accepted 20 April 2009.

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☆ This study was funded by grants RO1-HL64244, U01 HL082458, and M10RR0047-34 (GCRC) from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD.

PII: S0939-4753(09)00102-1

doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2009.04.010

Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 20, Issue 5 , Pages 350-358 , June 2010

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