Singapore and coronary heart disease: A population laboratory to explore ethnic variations in the epidemiologic transition

European Heart Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 127-129

  Ounpuu, S ^a   Yusuf, S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; SMOKING;

CORONARY DISEASE; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0037261166     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-668X(02)00611-5     Document Type: Editorial

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