The wandsworth heart and stroke study. A population-based survey of cardiovascular risk factors in different ethnic groups. Methods and baseline findings

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 371-385

  Cappuccio, F P ^a,b   Cook, D G ^a   Atkinson, R W ^a   Wicks, P D ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Epidemiology; Ethnicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 11644309768     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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