Changes in total serum cholesterol and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease in japan, 1980-1989

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 1038-1047

  Okayama, Akira ^a,b   Ueshima, Hirotsugu ^a   Marmot, Michael G ^b   Nakamura, Masakazu ^a   Kita, Yoshikuni ^a   Yamakawa, Masanobu ^c  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTER FOR ADULT DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027764333     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/22.6.1038     Document Type: Article

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