Clustering of cardiovascular risk factors among obese urban schoolchildren in Sousse, Tunisia

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 70-77

  Ghannem, H ^a   Harrabi, I ^a   Ben Abdelaziz, A ^a   Gaha, R ^a   Mrizak, N ^a  

^a FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; TUNISIA; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STUDENTS; TUNISIA; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 16544371234     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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