Ethnic, gender, and age-related differences in the treatment of dyslipidemia

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 15, 2006, Pages

  Ferdinand, Keith C ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Association of Black Cardiologists   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; ATORVASTATIN; CHOLESTEROL; CREATINE KINASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MEVINOLIN; PRAVASTATIN; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENDER; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MORTALITY; MYALGIA; MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

CORONARY DISEASE; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845267982     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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