Cholesterol screening in childhood: Results of a 9-year follow-up study in Swiss and Italian children in Switzerland

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 333-340

  Mohler, Beat ^a,c   Ackermann Liebrich, Ursula ^a   Steffen, Thomas ^a   Staehelin, Hannes B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0030448795     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01324282     Document Type: Article

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