Rank in self-defense forces and risk factors for atherosclerotic disease

Military Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 820-823

  Sakuta, Hidenari ^a,b   Suzuki, Takashi ^a  

^a Self Defense Forces Central Hospital   (Japan)

^b GSDF Medical School   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOD INTAKE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; HYPERURICEMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOLDIER;

EID: 26844509951     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.170.10.820     Document Type: Article

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