The use of a hospital laboratory cohort to estimate the prevalence of dyslipidemia in an adult Brazilian population

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 367, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 189-191

  Dalpino, Fabio B ^a   Sodré, Fabio L ^a   de Faria, Eliana C ^a  

^a Molecular Medicine Laboratory   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dyslipidemia; Laboratory cohort; Plasma lipids and lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33645819997     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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