Utility of dried blood spots for measurement of cholesterol and triglycerides in a surveillance study

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 258-262

  Lakshmy, Ramakrishnan ^a   Gupta, Ruby ^a   Prabhakaran, Dorairaj ^b   Snehi, Uma ^b   Reddy, K Srinath ^c  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Center for Chronic Disease Control   (India)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Dried blood spots; Risk assessment; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PAPER; RISK FACTOR;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHOLESTEROL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PAPER; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 77955486602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19322968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193229681000400206     Document Type: Conference Paper

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