Coronary risk in a british punjabi population: Comparative profile of non-biochemical factors

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 28-37

  Williams, Rory ^a   Bhopal, Raj ^b   Hunt, Kate ^a  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGIOUS GROUP; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH ASIA; STRESS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTHROPOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PREJUDICE; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0028270272     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/23.1.28     Document Type: Article

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