Cholesterol and all-cause mortality in elderly people from the Honolulu Heart Program: A cohort study

Lancet

Volumn 358, Issue 9279, 2001, Pages 351-355

  Schatz, Irwin J ^a   Masaki, Kamal ^a   Yano, Katsuhiko ^a   Chen, Randi ^b   Rodriguez, Beatriz L ^b   Curb, J David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035806734     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(01)05553-2     Document Type: Article

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