Prevalence and distribution of cardiovascular risk factors in the population of a metropolitan area;Prevalencia y distribución de los factores de riesgo cardiovascular en la población de un área metropolitana

Revista Clinica Espanola

Volumn 200, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 543-547

  Poley Garcia J J ^a   Costa Ferrer, A ^a   Conget Donlo, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adult population; Cardiovascular risk factors; Young population

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SMOKING; SPAIN; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLE SIZE; SMOKING; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034302847     PISSN: 00142565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2565(00)70717-X     Document Type: Article

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