Plasma cholesterol and related lipid levels of seemingly healthy public service employees in Kampala, Uganda.
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Summary
It is concluded that hypercholesterolaemia and other dyslipidemias exist among seemingly healthy public service employees in Kampala, Uganda, and this needs urgent intervention at both individual and national levels.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 2006-09-01
- Cited by
- 18
- References
- 30
- Access
- Open access
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- https://openalex.org/W1581237813
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- https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:14328253
Keywords
Medicine, Cholesterol, High-density lipoprotein, Diabetes mellitus, Public health
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