Serum lipids in relation to sciatica among Finns

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-49

  Leino Arjas, Päivi ^a   Kauppila, Leena ^b   Kaila Kangas, Leena ^a   Shiri, Rahman ^a   Heistaro, Sami ^c   Heliövaara, Markku ^c  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; General population study; HDL; LDL; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; ISCHIALGIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SCIATICA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 39449132478     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.07.035     Document Type: Article

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