Atherosclerosis
Volume 202, Issue 1 , Pages 248-254 , January 2009

Impact of dyslipidaemia on arterial structure and function in urban Indigenous Australians

  • Louise J. Maple-Brown

      Affiliations

    • Menzies School of Health Research, Institute of Advanced Studies, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Menzies School of Health Research, P.O. Box 41096, Casuarina, NT 0811, Australia. Tel.: +61 8 8922 8697; fax: +61 8 8922 8999.
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  • Joan Cunningham

      Affiliations

    • Menzies School of Health Research, Institute of Advanced Studies, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
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  • Robert E. Barry

      Affiliations

    • UCD School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Ireland
    • ,
  • Loyla Leylsey

      Affiliations

    • Menzies School of Health Research, Institute of Advanced Studies, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
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  • Michael F. O’Rourke

      Affiliations

    • University of New South Wales and St. Vincents Clinic, Sydney, Australia
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  • David S. Celermajer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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  • Kerin O’Dea

      Affiliations

    • Menzies School of Health Research, Institute of Advanced Studies, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
    • Department of Medicine (University of Melbourne), St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Received 8 October 2007 ,Revised 13 March 2008 ,Accepted 19 March 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2008.03.017

Atherosclerosis
Volume 202, Issue 1 , Pages 248-254 , January 2009

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