Blood cholesterol as a good marker of health in Japan

World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 100, Issue , 2009, Pages 63-70

  Ogushi, Yoichi ^a   Hamazaki, Tomohito ^b   Kirihara, Yuko ^b  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77956023713     PISSN: 00842230     EISSN: 16623975     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000235712     Document Type: Article

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