Prevalence of hypercholesterolemia in a Kuwaiti hospital outpatient population

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 108-111

  Olusi, Samuel Olusoji ^a   Prabha, Kinatamitath ^a   Sulaiman, Arafat ^b   Sugathan, Thattaruparambil Natesan ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KUWAIT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030997030     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1997.108     Document Type: Article

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