Prevalence of hyperlipidemia among Saudi school children in Riyadh

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 6-8

  Al Shehri, Sulieman N ^a,b   Saleh, Zayed A ^a   Salama, Mohamed M ^a   Hassan, Yehia M ^a  

^a Girls School Health Affairs Dir   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Ministry of Education Saudi Arabia   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Coronary heart disease; Hyperlipidemia; Saud Arabia

Indexed keywords

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

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT T TEST; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 1042269486     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2004.6     Document Type: Article

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