Coronary heart disease in people of south-Asian origin

Lancet

Volumn 364, Issue 9451, 2004, Pages 2077-2078

  Khunti, Kamlesh ^a   Samani, Nilesh J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NOTE; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX ROLE; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 10344229426     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17563-6     Document Type: Note

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