Serum total cholesterol of new students enrolled at Okayama University: Trend during 1989-1998

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 269-276

  Ogura, Toshio ^a   Matsuura, Kazuharu ^a   Suzuki, Hisao ^a   Kishida, Masayuki ^a   Ikeda, Satoru ^a   Tsukamoto, Chiaki ^a   Imai, Ayumi ^a   Tobe, Kazuo ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Body mass index; Lifestyle related disease; Masked obesity

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD STORAGE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESERVATION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0035491225     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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