Coronary heart disease and associated risk factors in sub-Saharan Africans

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 411-414

  Marijon, E ^a,b   Trinquart, L ^b   Jani, D ^a   Jourdier, H ^a   Garbarz, E ^c   Mocumbi, A O ^a   Celermajer, D S ^d   Ferreira, B ^a  

^a Maputo Heart Institute   (Mozambique)

^b HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^c BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOZAMBIQUE; NEGRO; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34247382806     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1002146     Document Type: Article

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