Advances in preventive cardiology

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 527-530

  Schieken, Richard M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLACEBO; PRAVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN; STATIN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY RISK; FAMILY HISTORY; FETUS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INFANT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOW FAT DIET; NEWBORN; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

EID: 0029956012     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-199610000-00018     Document Type: Review

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