Serum Cholesterol Level and Mortality Due to Suicide and Trauma in the Honolulu Heart Program

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 695-700

  Iribarren, Carlos ^a   Reed, Dwayne M ^b   Wergowske, Gilbert ^c   Burchfiel, Cecil M ^d   Dwyer, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

^c KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ETHNIC GROUP; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; HAWAII; HUMAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0028965671     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1995.00430070045005     Document Type: Article

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