Advertising campaigns of sterol-enriched food. An often neglected cause of reduced compliance to lipid lowering drug therapy

Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-134

  Alevizos, Alevizos ^a   Mihas, Constantinos ^a   Mariolis, Anargiros ^a  

^a Health Centre of Vyronas   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Compliance; Lipid lowering; Statins; Sterols

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PHYTOSTEROL;

ADULT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COST OF ILLNESS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADULT; ADVERTISING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYTOSTEROLS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34249725059     PISSN: 09203206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10557-007-6015-5     Document Type: Letter

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