Trends in levels of cholesterol in Japanese children from 1993 through 2001

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 78-82

  Kouda, Katsuyasu ^a   Nakamura, Harunobu ^b   Tokunaga, Rikio ^a   Takeuchi, Hiroichi ^b  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cholesterol; Hyperlipidemia; Japan; Schools

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; JAPAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; JAPAN; LIPIDS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS;

EID: 4143123492     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.14.78     Document Type: Article

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