Cardiovascular risk factors in Inuit of Greenland

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1182-1190

  Bjerregaard, Peter ^a   Mulvad, Gert ^b   Pedersen, Henning Sloth ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b Primary Health Clinic   (Greenland)

^c District Hospital   (Greenland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; ESKIMO; FEMALE; FISH; GREENLAND; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MAMMAL; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL; DIET; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INUITS; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0031434955     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.6.1182     Document Type: Article

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