Cardiovascular risk factors in Saudi and non-Saudi diabetics

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 686-687

  Akbar, Daad H ^a   Ahmed, Maimona M ^a   Algambi, Aisha A ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX RATIO; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0037967523     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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