High-density lipoprotein cholesterol and other risk factors for coronary heart disease in female runners

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 334, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 1298-1303

  Williams, Paul T ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RUNNING;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RUNNING;

EID: 0029873301     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199605163342004     Document Type: Article

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