Cardiovascular disease in sub-Saharan Africa: A disaster waiting to happen

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 32-36

  van der Sande, M A B ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; AGING; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISASTER; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL STRESS; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SALT INTAKE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIETY; THREAT; URBANIZATION; WAR; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037646911     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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