Cardiovascular risk factors levels of pacific people in a new zealand multicultural workforce

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 1102, 2000, Pages 3-5

  Schaaf, David ^a   Scragg, Robert ^a   Metcalf, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMINURIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMINURIA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LIFE STYLE; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0034723097     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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