Plasma lipids : optimal levels for health / American Health Foundation ; Ernst L. Wynder, conference chairman.
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1980.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.