Cardiovascular risk factors in children from the Belgian Province of Luxembourg: The Belgian Luxembourg child study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 867-880

  Guillaume, Michèle ^a,d   Lapidus, Leif ^b   Beckers, François ^c   Lambert, André ^c   Björntorp, Per ^b  

^a Natl Ctr Res in Nutr and Hlth   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology of Brussels   (Belgium)

Author keywords

blood pressure; cardiovascular diseases; child; cholesterol; insulin; obesity; risk factors; triglycerides

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SKINFOLD; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0029959317     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009021     Document Type: Article

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