Multi-country comparison of plasma lipid relationship to years of schooling in men and women

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 371-379

  Perova V, Natalia ^a   Davis, Clarence E ^b   Tao, Shouchi ^c   Pajak, Andrzej ^d   Stein, Yehezkial ^e   Broda, Grazyna B ^f   Li, Yihe ^g   Tyroler, Herman A ^b   Irving, Sandra H ^b  

^a NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR THERAPY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

^b IL   (United States)

^c FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^d JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^e HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f CARDINAL STEFAN WYSZY SKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^g Guangdong Provincial Cardiovascular Institute   (China)

Author keywords

China; Israel; Lipids; Poland; Russia; US; Years of schooling

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG THERAPY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ISRAEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; POLAND; POLITICS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAMPLE; SCHOOL; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIETY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035011968     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.2.371     Document Type: Article

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