Relation of Occupational Change to Cardiovascular Risk Factor Levels in Rural Chinese Men: The People's Republic of China - United States Collaborative Study on Cardiovascular and Cardiopulmonary Epidemiology

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2049-2051

  Zhou, Beifan ^a   Li, Yihe ^b   Stamler, Jeremiah ^c   Tao, Shouchi ^a   Davis, Clarence E ^d   Wu, Yangfeng ^a   Liu, Xiaoqing ^b   Folsom, Aaron R ^e   Williams, O Dale ^f   Irving, Sandra H ^d  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute   (China)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINA; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; AGRICULTURE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAREER MOBILITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; STATISTICS; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAREER MOBILITY; CHINA; CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; TRIGLYCERIDES; URBAN HEALTH; URBANIZATION;

EID: 11144355576     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.12.2049     Document Type: Article

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