Risk factors for cardiovascular disease in Canadians of South Asian and European origin: A pilot study of the Study of Heart Assessment and Risk in Ethnic Groups (SHARE)

Clinical and Investigative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 204-210

  Anand, Sonia S ^a,b   Yusuf, Salim ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b McMaster Clinic   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; B SCAN; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIETARY INTAKE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LIFESTYLE; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ASIA; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; DIET; EUROPE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEIN(A); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030813097     PISSN: 0147958X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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