Cardiovascular disease risk factors and menopausal status in midlife women from the former Soviet Union

Women and Health

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 19-36

  Miller, Arlene Michaels ^a   Wilbur, JoEllen ^a   Chandler, Peggy J ^a   Sorokin, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Immigrants; Menopause; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMIGRATION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; USSR;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; USSR;

EID: 0348230707     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v38n03_03     Document Type: Article

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