Prevalence of some risk factors of coronary heart disease in a rural Nigerian population

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 212-216

  Okesina, A B ^a   Oparinde, D P ^b   Akindoyin, K A ^c   Erasmus, R T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRANSKEI   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0033474980     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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