Cardiovascular risk factors and their associations with alcohol consumption: Are there differences between Māori and non-Māori in Aotearoa (New Zealnd)?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 1232, 2006, Pages

  Bramley, Dale ^a   Broad, Joanna ^a   Jackson, Rod ^a   Reid, Papaarangi ^b   Harris, Ricci ^b   Ameratunga, Shanthi ^a   Connor, Jennie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAORI; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 33646021950     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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