Risk factors for acute myocardial infarction in Indians: A case-control study

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9024, 1996, Pages 358-363

  Pais, Prem ^a   Pogue, J ^b   Gerstein, H ^b   Zachariah, E ^a   Savitha, D ^a   Jayprakash, S ^a   Nayak, P R ^a   Yusuf, Salim ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIPID;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL STATUS; VEGETARIAN DIET;

EID: 0030578665     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)02507-X     Document Type: Article

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