Urbanisation and coronary heart disease risk factors in South Asian children

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 22-28

  Hakeem, R ^a   Thomas, J ^b   Badruddin, S H ^c  

^a RLAK Govt College of Home Economics   (Pakistan)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAKISTAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK; UNITED KINGDOM; URBANIZATION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PAKISTAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0035229728     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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