Cardiovascular risk factor profile of Black Africans undergoing coronary angiography

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 82-86

  Kamotho, C ^a,d   Ogola, E O ^b   Joshi, M ^b   Gikonyo, D ^c  

^a KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c Nairobi Hospital   (Kenya)

^d NONE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 2342459155     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v81i2.9130     Document Type: Article

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