Effect of migration and related environmental changes on serum lipid levels in southwestern Chinese men

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 839-848

  He, Jiang ^a,b,e   Klag, Michael J ^a,b   Wu, Zhenglai ^b   Qian, Ming Chu ^c   Chen, Jun Yun ^c   Mo, Pei Sheng ^d   He, Guan Qing ^b   Whelton, Paul K ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences ^*  (China)

^d BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol drinking; cholesterol; diet; life style; lipoproteins; smoking; transients and migrants

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RURAL AREA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0029956587     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009018     Document Type: Article

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