Cardiovascular mortality attributable to high blood cholesterol in New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 252-257

  Turley, Maria L ^a   Tobias, Martin ^a   Lawes, Carlene M M ^b   Stefanogiannis, Niki ^a   Vander Hoorn, Stephen ^b   Mhurchu, Cliona Ni ^b   Rodgers, Anthony ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NEW ZEALAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33747110704     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2006.tb00866.x     Document Type: Article

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