Status and management of blood lipids in Greek adults and their relation to socio-demographic, lifestyle and dietary factors: The ATTICA Study: Blood lipids distribution in Greece

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 351-359

  Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^a,b   Pitsavos, Christos ^b   Chrysohoou, Christina ^b   Skoumas, John ^b   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^b  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Blood lipids; Mediterranean diet

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; STATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 1842716845     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2003.12.031     Document Type: Article

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