Impact of receiving blood cholesterol test results on dietary change

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 103-110

  Strychar, Irene M ^a,b   Champagne, François ^b   Ghadirian, Parviz ^c   Bonin, André ^d   Jenicek, Milos ^b   Lasater, Thomas M ^e  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOLESTEROL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUEBEC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032004865     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(97)00022-6     Document Type: Article

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