Serum cholesterol concentration and death from suicide in men: Paris prospective study I

British Medical Journal

Volumn 313, Issue 7058, 1996, Pages 649-651

  Zureik, Mahmoud ^a   Courbon, Dominique ^a   Ducimetière, Pierre ^a  

^a HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUICIDE;

EID: 0029739434     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7058.649     Document Type: Article

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