Blood pressure and atherogenic lipoprotein profiles of fish-diet and vegetarian villagers in Tanzania: The Lugalawa study

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9030, 1996, Pages 784-788

  Pauletto, Paolo ^a   Puato, Massimo ^a   Caroli, Mario G ^a   Casiglia, Edoardo ^a   Munhambo, Aharon E ^b   Cazzolato, Giuseppe ^c   Bon, Gabriele Bittolo ^c   Angeli, Maria T ^d   Galli, Claudio ^d   Pessina, Achille C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^c Centro Regionale dell'Aterosclerosi   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FISH OIL; LIPOPROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN A; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FISH; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANZANIA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VEGETARIAN DIET;

EID: 0345543591     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)01391-8     Document Type: Article

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