Risk of cancer and death in relation to serum cholesterol: A longitudinal study in an eastern finnish population with high overall cholesterol level

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1982, Pages 622-630

  Salonen, Jukka T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Choiesterol; Coronary disease; Mortality; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING;

ADULT; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASMS; RISK;

EID: 0019974341     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113445     Document Type: Article

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