The Asian ethnic paradox: Differences in dietary fat intake and risk of coronary artery disease in Iranian and Indian young-elderly populations

Journal of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 113-119

  Sarrafzadigan, N ^a   Singh, R B ^a   Sharma, R ^a   Neki, N S ^a   Mohammadifard, N ^a   Jalali, A ^a   Alikhassi, H ^a   Rafie, M ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dietary fat; Obesity; Sedentary lifestyle; Tobacco; Waist hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

EID: 0034935742     PISSN: 13590847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13590840120060858     Document Type: Article

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