A reversal of decreasing trends in population cholesterol levels in Vä sterbotten County, Sweden

Global Health Action

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ng, Nawi ^a   Johnson, Owe ^a   Lindahl, Bernt ^a   Norberg, Margareta ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Dyslipidaemia; Education; Hypercholesterolemia; Longitudinal studies; Sweden; Trends; Triglyceride

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SWEDEN; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84866103390     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v5i0.10367     Document Type: Article

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