Is Relationship Between Serum Cholesterol and Risk of Premature Death From Coronary Heart Disease Continuous and Graded?: Findings in 356 222 Primary Screenees of the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT)

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 256, Issue 20, 1986, Pages 2823-2828

  Stamler, Jeremiah ^a   Wentworth, Deborah ^a   Neaton, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATALITY; HEART; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGE; RISK; SMOKING; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0023025526     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1986.03380200061022     Document Type: Article

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