Modifiable risk factors for coronary heart disease among young people in Addis Ababa

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 376-381

  Betre, M ^a   Kebede, D ^b   Kassaye, M ^b  

^a Southern People's Health Bureau   (Togo)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONARY HEART DISEASE; DISEASE RISK; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG PEOPLE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY FATS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; URBAN HEALTH;

ETHIOPIA, ADDIS ABABA;

EID: 0031433488     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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