Genetic & cultural determinants of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol & serum triglycerides among Marwaris of Calcutta

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 103, Issue FEB., 1996, Pages 112-119

  Majumder, P P ^a   Nayak, Sujata ^a   Das, R N ^a   Bhattacharya, S K ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Heritability; Lipids; Lipoproteins; Marwari; Path analysis

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0030020518     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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