Non-pharmacological intervention study of hypercholesterolemia among middle-aged people

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 165-169

  Okayama, Akira ^a   Chiba, Nagako ^b   Ueshima, Hirotsugu ^c  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b Tsukuba International Junior College   (Japan)

^c SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Health education; Lifestyles; Serum cholesterol

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 3843087109     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1265/ehpm.9.165     Document Type: Article

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