Coronary heart disease: Outlook for Africa

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-27

  Walker, A R P ^a,b   Sareli, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0031040122     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014107689709000108     Document Type: Article

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