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Plasma lipids : optimal levels for health /

Plasma Lipids: Optimal Levels for Health compiles reports on optimal blood lipid levels. This book discusses the optimal levels of blood lipids that suffice for optimal physical and mental development of man while at the same time does not detrimentally affect human health. Clinical, epidemiological...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: Conference on Health Effects of Blood Lipids--Optimal Distributions for Populations New York, N.Y., American Health Foundation
Otros Autores: Wynder, Ernst L. (Ernst Ludwig), 1922-1999
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Academic Press, 1980.
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  • Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Inside Front Cover; Copyright; Foreword; Preface; Conference on the Health Effects of Blood Lipids: Optimal Distributions for Populations; WORKSHOPS; Chapter 1: Workshop Report: Epidemiological Section; Publisher Summary; I INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY FOR THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SECTION; II THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FROM LIPID-CHD RELATIONSHIPS; III THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FROM COMPARATIVE CHILDHOOD LIPID DISTRIBUTIONS; IV THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FROM CHANGES IN LIPID LEVELS AND CHD RATES; V Genetic Determinants of Variation in Blood Lipids ; VI DISCUSSIONAddenda; Chapter 2: Workshop Report: Clinical-Pathological Section; Publisher Summary; I. COMMON HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIC STATES; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; Addendum; Chapter 3: Workshop Report: Laboratory-Experimental Section; Publisher Summary; SUMMARY OF REPORT OF THE LABORATORY-EXPERIMENTAL SECTION; INTRODUCTION; CONCLUSIONS; INVITED SPEECHES; Chapter 4: Cardiovascular Diseases during and after World War II: A Comparison of the Federal Republic of Germany with Other European Countries; Publisher Summary; MORTALITY STATISTICS OF OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; PATHOLOGICAL STUDIES ; THROMBOEMBOLIC INSULTS DURING THE WAR AND POSTWAR YEARSSUMMARY; Chapter 5: Social and Economic Implications; Publisher Summary; SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS; Chapter 6: Agricultural Potentials; Publisher Summary; Chapter 7: Anthropological Concepts; Publisher Summary; Chapter 8: Public Health Aspects of Optimal Serum Lipid-Lipoprotein Levels; Publisher Summary; WHY OPTIMAL SERUM LIPID-LIPOPROTEIN LEVELS ARE A MAJOR PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN; THE SOCIETAL ROOTS OF EPIDEMIC DISEASE; THE NEED AND RATIONALE FOR THE PRIMARY PREVENTION OF THE ATHEROSCLEROTIC DISEASES ; SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE ON THE KEY ROLE OF "RICH" DIET AND NONOPTIMAL SERUM LIPIDS-LIPOPROTEINS IN THE ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS OF EPIDEMIC ATHEROSCLEROTIC DISEASETHE PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES BEFORE THE UNITED STATES; DIETARY TRENDS IN THE UNITED STATES; THE DECLINE IN CHD, CVD, AND ALL CAUSES MORTALITY IN THE UNITED STATES; MEDITERRANEAN AND FAR EASTERN EATING HABITS; LIFE EXPECTANCY-ITALY, JAPAN, UNITED STATES; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Index.