Serum cholesterol levels in college students: Opportunities for education and intervention

Journal of the American College Health Association

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 123-127

  Sparling, Phillip B ^a   Snow, Teresa K ^a   Beavers, Bill D ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; College students; Lipids; Lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COLLEGE STUDENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032700057     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07448489909595683     Document Type: Article

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