On the waves of the Seven Countries Study. A public health perspective on cholesterol

European Heart Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 796-802

  Kromhout, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Coronary heart disease; Diet; Genetic factors; Public health; Seven Countries Study; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIET; EUROPE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; POPULATION MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SMOKING;

CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033153095     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1998.1357     Document Type: Review

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