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Original Article

Health-based reference values of the Mini-Finland Health Survey: 2. Cholesterol in total serum and in different lipoprotein fractions

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Pages 33-42 | Received 21 Jun 1993, Accepted 21 Sep 1993, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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