Cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, and serum lipid profile among medical students in Greece

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 278-282

  Mammas, Ioannis N ^a   Bertsias, George K ^a   Linardakis, Manolis ^a   Tzanakis, Nikolaos E ^a   Labadarios, Demetre N ^b   Kafatos, Anthony G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alcohol; Lipoproteins; Medical students; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; GREECE; HABIT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0141737017     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/13.3.278     Document Type: Article

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