Cardiovascular risk factors in Ethiopian medical students

Annales de Biologie Clinique

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 705-709

  Rahlenbeck, S I ^a   Gebre Yohannes, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Africa; Cardiovascular risk factors; Cholesterol; HDL; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0032197172     PISSN: 00033898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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