Assessing risk using different cholesterol-screening methods

Public Health

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 225-229

  Bowden, Rodney G ^a   Kingery, P M ^b   Rust, D M ^c  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Violence Prevention Network   (United States)

^c STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; High density lipoprotein; Low density lipoprotein; Screening

Indexed keywords

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

MONITORING; PROTEIN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; REGISTRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADULT; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1342308967     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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