Biological and lifestyle factors, and lipid and lipoprotein levels among Japanese Americans in Seattle and Japanese men in Japan

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1203-1213

  Namekata, Tsukasa ^a,e   Moore, David E ^b   Suzuki, Kenji ^c   Mori, Makoto ^c   Knopp, Robert H ^d   Marcovina, Santica M ^e   Perrin, Edward B ^e   Hughes, Deborah A ^a   Hatano, Shuichi ^f   Hayashi, Chikio ^g  

^a Natl Ctr Chron Dis Prev H   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c Epidemiol Arteriosclerosis Res I   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f SHUKUTOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SMOKING HABIT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIOLOGY; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17144466773     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.6.1203     Document Type: Article

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