European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 5 , Pages 356-361 , July 2008

A national study on lipid management

  • Alan B. Jotkowitz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine “F”, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of the Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Soroka University Medical Center, Box 151 Pnimit Vav, Beer-Sheva, 84101, Israel. Tel.: +972 86403355.
    • ,
  • Victor Novack

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine “F”, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of the Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
    • Harvard Clinical Research Institute, Boston, USA
    • ,
  • Gad Rabinowitz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
    • ,
  • Anat Raskin Segal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
    • ,
  • Ron Weitzman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
    • ,
  • Avi Porath

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine “F”, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of the Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Received 31 May 2007 ,Revised 9 September 2007 ,Accepted 8 October 2007.

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☆ The authors have no conflicts on interest to report.

PII: S0953-6205(07)00303-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2007.10.011

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 5 , Pages 356-361 , July 2008

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