A comparison of cardiovascular disease risk factors in farm and non-farm residents: The Wisconsin Rural Women's Health Study

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 34-39

  McCarty, Catherine ^a   Chyou, Po Huang ^a   Ziegelbauer, Lorelle ^a   Kempf, Debra ^a   McCarty, Daniel ^a   Gunderson, Paul ^a   Reding, Douglas ^a  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FEMININITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SKINFOLD; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0036028317     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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