The Dallas Heart Study: a population-based probability sample for the multidisciplinary study of ethnic differences in cardiovascular health.

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Published in Am J Cardiol on June 15, 2004

Authors

Ronald G Victor1, Robert W Haley, DuWayne L Willett, Ronald M Peshock, Patrice C Vaeth, David Leonard, Mujeeb Basit, Richard S Cooper, Vincent G Iannacchione, Wendy A Visscher, Jennifer M Staab, Helen H Hobbs, Dallas Heart Study Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Donald W. Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75390-8586, USA. ronald.victor@utsouthwestern.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Dallas Heart Study 2: Return Clinic Visit for the Dallas Heart Study Cohort | NCT00344903

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