Prevalence of coronary heart disease risk factors among rural blacks: A community-based study

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 814-820

  Willems, James P ^a,b   Saunders, J Terry ^a,b   Hunt, Dawn E ^a,b   Schorling, John B ^a,b  

^a Univ of Virginia Hlth Sci Center ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0030764450     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199708000-00008     Document Type: Article

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