Peripheral arterial disease - High prevalence in rural black South Africans

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 285-288

  Paul, Ashis Kumar ^a   Mash, Bob ^b   Rupesinghe, George ^a  

^a Department of Family Medicine   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 34247186835     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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