American Heart Journal
Volume 143, Issue 6 , Pages 961-965 , June 2002

Prevalence and clinical correlates of peripheral arterial disease in the Framingham Offspring Study

Received 6 June 2001 ,Accepted 28 December 2001.

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☆ Reprint requests: Joanne M. Murabito, MD, MSc, The Framingham Heart Study, 73 Mount Wayte Ave, Suite 2, Framingham, MA 01702-5827.

☆☆ E-mail: joanne@fram.nhlbi.nih.gov

PII: S0002-8703(02)00008-X

doi: 10.1067/mhj.2002.122871

American Heart Journal
Volume 143, Issue 6 , Pages 961-965 , June 2002

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