Fibrinogen and associated risk factors in a high-risk population: urban Indigenous Australians, the DRUID Study.

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Published in Cardiovasc Diabetol on October 29, 2010

Authors

Louise J Maple-Brown1, Joan Cunningham, Nirjhar Nandi, Allison Hodge, Kerin O'Dea

Author Affiliations

1: Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia. louise.maple-brown@menzies.edu.au

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