Nutritional assessment of rural villages and estates in peninsular Malaysia: Total blood cholesterol values in children, adolescents and adults

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 115-121

  Wai, Tony Ng Kock ^a   Lin, Khor Geok ^b   Siong, Tee E ^a   Hashim, Normah ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Adults; Children; Cholesterol; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

EID: 24044548351     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-6047.2000.00141.x     Document Type: Article

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