Coronary artery calcification in black women and white women.

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Published in Am Heart J on April 01, 2003

Authors

Charanjit Khurana1, Christina G Rosenbaum, Barbara V Howard, Lucile L Adams-Campbell, Robert C Detrano, Afifa Klouj, Judith Hsia

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Cardiology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Women's Health Initiative (WHI) | NCT00000611

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