Importance of high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) levels to the incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the elderly
Authors:
- Elizabete Viana de FreitasEFElizabete Viana de Freitas
- Andréa Araújo BrandãoABAndréa Araújo Brandão
- Roberto PozzanRPRoberto Pozzan
- Maria Eliane MagalhãesMMMaria Eliane Magalhães
- Flávia FonsecaFFFlávia Fonseca
- Oswaldo PizziOPOswaldo Pizzi
- Érika CampanaÉCÉrika Campana
- Ayrton Pires BrandãoABAyrton Pires Brandão
- 1 March 2011
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
- Vol. 52 (2) , 217-222
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