Age-related changes in total and high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol in elderly Dutch men

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 798-803

  Weijenberg, Matty P ^a   Feskens, Edith J M ^a   Kromhout, Daan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY RISK; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029982747     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.6.798     Document Type: Article

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