Serum cholesterol levels in school-aged Japanese children: The Hisayama study

Pediatrics International

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 22-27

  Fukushige, Junichiro ^a   Igarashi, Hisaji ^a   Ueda, Kohji ^a   Akazawa, Kouhei ^a   Nose, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese children; Serum lipid level; Total cholesterol

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; JAPAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; REFERENCE VALUES; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0030012269     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.1996.tb03429.x     Document Type: Article

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