Urban-rural differences in the prevalence of coronary heart disease and its risk factors in Delhi

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-38

  Chadha, S L ^a   Gopinath, N ^b   Shekhawat, S ^a  

^a SITARAM BHARTIA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CORONARY DISEASE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIET; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

CORONARY HEART DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; URBAN-RURAL DISPARITY;

INDIA, DELHI;

EID: 0030620131     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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