Serum high density lipoprotein cholesterol, alcohol, and coronary mortality in male smokers

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7040, 1996, Pages 1200-1203

  Paunio, Mikko ^a   Virtamo, Jarmo ^b   Gref, Carl Gustaf ^b   Heinonen, Olli P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 0030003843     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7040.1200     Document Type: Article

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