Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 55, Issue 2 , Pages 143-149 , February 2002

Socio-economic status and serum lipids: A cross-sectional study in a Chinese urban population

  • Zhijie Yu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
    • ,
  • Aulikki Nissinen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Public Health Institute, 00300 Helsinki, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +358-9-47448338. E-mail address:(A. Nissinen)
    • ,
  • Erkki Vartiainen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Public Health Institute, 00300 Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • Gang Hu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
    • ,
  • Huiguang Tian

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chronic Diseases, Tianjin Public Health Bureau, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
    • ,
  • Zeyu Guo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chronic Diseases, Tianjin Public Health Bureau, Tianjin, People's Republic of China

Received 11 April 1999 ,Revised 6 July 2001 ,Accepted 14 August 2001.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 55, Issue 2 , Pages 143-149 , February 2002

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