Study of cardiovascular disease risk factors among urban schoolchildren in Sousse, Tunisia

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 1046-1054

  Ghannem, H ^a   Khlifa, K ^a   Harrabi, I ^a   Ben Abdelaziz, A ^b   Gaha, R ^c  

^a FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUSSE   (Tunisia)

^c University of Medicine   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TUNISIA;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; STUDENTS; TUNISIA; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0034261556     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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