Changes in serum total cholesterol levels over 18 years in a cohort of men and women: The Nijmegen cohort study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 138-145

  Bakx, J C ^a   Van Den Hoogen, H J M ^a   Deurenberg, P ^b   Van Doremalen, J ^a   Van Den Bosch, W J H M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Cohort; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENOPAUSE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0033962566     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1999.0608     Document Type: Article

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