Quantifying the Risk of Coronary Artery Disease in a Community. The Bambuí Project;Quantificando o Risco de Doença Coronariana na Comunidade. Projeto Bambuí

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 549-561

  Barreto, Sandhi Maria ^a,b,c   Azeredo Passos, Valéria Maria ^a,b   Aquino Cardoso, Alisson Renê ^a,b   Lima Costa, Maria Fernanda ^a,b  

^a Fundação Oswaldo Cruz ^*

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c Lab de Epidemiol Antropologia Med   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Population based study; Risk score

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAZIL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 1642285124     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2003001400002     Document Type: Article

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