Asian Indians and Coronary Artery Disease Risk

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Prayaga, Sastry ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; INDIAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LETTER; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847351155     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.02.042     Document Type: Letter

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