Risk characteristics of Arab and Jewish women with coronary heart disease in Jerusalem

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 316-320

  Jabara, Refat ^a,b   Namouz, Sherin ^a   Kark, Jeremy D ^a   Lotan, Chaim ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabs; Coronary heart disease; Jerusalem; Jews; Risk factors; Women

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; LIPID; OLIVE OIL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARAB; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ISRAEL; JEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OBESITY; PALESTINE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARABS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34247868074     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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