Lipids and coronary heart disease in Asia

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-10

  Khoo, K L ^a   Tan, H ^a   Liew, Y M ^a   Deslypere, J P ^b   Janus, E ^c  

^a Heart Foundation Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^b ICON Clinical Research Asia   (Singapore)

^c Wimmera Health Care Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Lipids; Morbidity; Mortality; Total cholesterol; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPID;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; INDONESIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPAN; KOREA; MALAYSIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SINGAPORE; SMOKING; THAILAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0037816250     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(03)00009-1     Document Type: Review

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