| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 227 pages, 3 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), portraits |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Thoughts on the nature of medical controversy in general and an overview of the cholesterol controversy in particular -- Animal models of atherosclerosis -- Early evidence linking hypercholesterolemia to atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease -- Lipoproteins and metabolism -- In search of a pathogenesis -- Basic science foundations -- Searching for drugs that would lower blood cholesterol safely and effectively -- 1984 coronary primary prevention trial -- Statins -- A look at the future. |
| Summary |
Presents an analytic history of a major controversy in biomedical research and the lessons it offers in dealing with future controversies. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Atherosclerosis.
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Atherosclerosis. |
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Anticholesteremic agents.
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Anticholesteremic agents. |
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Statins (Cardiovascular agents)
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Statins (Cardiovascular agents) |
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Atherosclerosis -- drug therapy. |
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Atherosclerosis -- etiology. |
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Anticholesteremic Agents -- therapeutic use. |
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Cholesterol -- adverse effects. |
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Hypercholesterolemia -- complications. |
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Hypercholesterolemia -- drug therapy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Steinberg, Daniel, 1922- Cholesterol wars. 1st ed. Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, 2007 9780123739797 0123739799 (OCoLC)174120973 |
| ISBN |
9780080556192 (electronic book) |
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0080556191 (electronic book) |
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