Distribution of blood cholesterol profile in untreated Korean population

Korean Circulation Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 108-109

  Kim, Kwang Il ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SEX HORMONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULTHOOD; AGING; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLIMACTERIUM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDITORIAL; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KOREAN (PEOPLE); LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84927598325     PISSN: 17385520     EISSN: 17385555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2015.45.2.108     Document Type: Editorial

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