Is carotid intima-media thickness useful in cardiovascular disease risk assessment? The Rotterdam Study.

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Published in Stroke on July 01, 2001

Authors

A I del Sol1, K G Moons, M Hollander, A Hofman, P J Koudstaal, D E Grobbee, M M Breteler, J C Witteman, M L Bots

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

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