Effect of cholesterol on mortality and quality of life up to a 46-year follow-up

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 677-681

  Hyttinen, Laura ^a   Strandberg, Timo E ^b   Strandberg, Arto Y ^c   Salomaa, Veikko V ^d   Pitkl, Kaisu H ^e   Tilvis, Reijo S ^c   Miettinen, Tatu A ^c  

^a NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 80051784343     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.04.016     Document Type: Article

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