Determinants of inter-individual cholesterol level variation in an unbiased young male sample

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 138, Issue 19-20, 2008, Pages 286-291

  Rühli, Frank Jakobus ^a   Henneberg, Maciej ^b   Schaer, Dominik J ^c   Imhof, Alexander ^c   Schleiffenbaum, Boris ^d   Woitek, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Blood; Conscripts; Quantile regression; Risk factors; Socio economic; Swiss

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 44649140096     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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