Low and lowered cholesterol and total mortality

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1009-1010

  Criqui, Michael H ^a   Golomb, Beatrice A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PRAVASTATIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE;

EID: 4444364340     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.06.022     Document Type: Editorial

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