Superiority of traditional village diet and lifestyle in minimizing cardiovascular disease risk in Papua New Guineans

Papua and New Guinea Medical Journal

Volumn , Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 135-150

  Kende, Mere ^a,b  

^a PORT MORESBY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Papua New Guinea)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; RISK FACTOR; URBANIZATION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; RISK FACTORS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0035469085     PISSN: 00311480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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