Quality of life in a cohort of familial hypercholesterolemia patients from the south of Europe

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 221-225

  Mata, Nelva ^a   Alonso, Rodrigo ^b   Banegas, Jose R ^c   Zambón, Daniel ^d   Brea, Ángel ^e   Mata, Pedro ^b  

^a Department of Epidemiology   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Fundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL SAN PEDRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 84897456270     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks174     Document Type: Article

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