Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in School Children - A Pilot Study

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 396-400

  Khuwaja, A K ^a   Fatmi, Z ^a   Soomro, W B ^b   Khuwaja, N K ^c  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b Department of Orthopaedics   (India)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0142121311     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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