Coronary heart disease risk factors in Indian adolescents - The role of diet

Cardiovascular Journal of South Africa

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 68-75

  Mia, F B ^a   Vorster, H H ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INSULIN; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY RISK; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0033911505     PISSN: 10159657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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