The lipid and lipoprotein profile of the urban black South African population of the Cape Peninsula - The BRISK study

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 162-166

  Oelofse, A ^a   Jooste, P L ^a   Steyn, K ^a   Badenhorst, C J ^a   Lombard, C ^a   Bourne, L ^a   Fourie, J ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; SOUTH AFRICA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TRIGLYCERIDES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0029917872     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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