Coronary heart disease in South African Indians

Cardiovascular Journal of South Africa

Volumn , Issue SUPPL. 2, 1999, Pages

  Seedat, Y K ^a   Mayet, F G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; INDIAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032966891     PISSN: 10159657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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