Serum cholesterol and impulsivity in a large sample of healthy young men

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-245

  Pozzi, Flavio ^a   Troisi, Alfonso ^a   Cerilli, Marco ^a   Autore, A M ^b   Lo Castro, C ^b   Ribatti, D ^c   Frajese, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Natl Sel Recruitment Ctr Arma C   (Italy)

^c Gen Hq of the Arma dei Carabinieri   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Depression; Healthy men; Impulsivity; Personality

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VARIANCE;

ADULT; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MALE; MMPI; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REFERENCE VALUES; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 1642317819     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(03)00192-6     Document Type: Article

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