Coronary heart disease risks in Asian Indians

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 196-198

  Dhawan, J ^a  

^a SCUNTHORPE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN;

ASIA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; IMMIGRANT; INDIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0029741011     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041433-199608000-00004     Document Type: Short Survey

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