Twenty-Year Dynamics of Serum Cholesterol Levels in the Middle-Aged Population of Eastern Finland

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 713-722

  Jousilahti, Pekka ^a   Vartiainen, Erkki ^a   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^a   Puska, Pekka ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030293373     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-125-9-199611010-00002     Document Type: Article

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