Cholesterol screening among children and their parents

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-6

  Muratova, Viktorina N ^a   Neal, William A ^a   Islam, Syed S ^b   Demerath, Ellen W ^c   Minor, Valerie Evans ^d  

^a Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Alderson Broaddus College   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Cholesterol screening; Family history of CHD

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIET; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SMOKING;

EID: 0034949848     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2001.0855     Document Type: Article

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