Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 50, Issue 7 , Pages 801-807 , July 1997

Left, Right, Near or Far Wall Common Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Measurements: Associations with Cardiovascular Disease and Lower Extremity Arterial Atherosclerosis

  • Michiel L Bots

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Julius Center for Patient Oriented Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Paulus T.V.M de Jong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Dijkzigt, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Albert Hofman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Diederick E Grobbee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Julius Center for Patient Oriented Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationProfessor D. E. Grobbee, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus University Medical School, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands

,Accepted 10 March 1997.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 50, Issue 7 , Pages 801-807 , July 1997

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