Serum total cholesterol and mortality in middle-aged Korean women

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 445-447

  Choi, Ji Sook ^a   Song, Yun Mi ^a   Sung, Joohon ^b  

^a Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Cholesterol; Coronary disease; Korea; Menopause; Mortality; Neoplasms; Women

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KOREA; LETTER; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE;

EID: 34248339638     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.03.006     Document Type: Letter

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