The emergence of coronary heart disease in populations of Chinese descent

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 303-310

  Dwyer, Terence ^a   Emmanuel, Shanta Christina ^b,e   Janus, Edward Denis ^c,f   Wu, Zhaosu ^d   Hynes, Kristen Louise ^a   Zhang, Changmin ^a  

^a The Menzies Foundation   (Australia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d BEIJING INSTITUTE OF HEART   (China)

^e NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP POLYCLINICS   (Singapore)

^f Wimmera Base Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beijing; Chinese; Coronary heart disease; Diet and cholesterol; Hong Kong; Regional differences; Singapore

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINA; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; EPIDEMIC; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEIGHT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARAMETER; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; SMOKING; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0038463545     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(03)00008-X     Document Type: Article

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