Prevalence and distribution of cardiovascular risk factors in an urban industrial population in South India: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 55, Issue NOVEMBER, 2007, Pages 771-776

  Kaur, P ^a   Rao, T V ^a   Sankarasubbaiyan, S ^b   Narayanan, A M ^c   Ezhil, R ^a   Ramachandra Rao, Sudha ^a   Gupte, M D ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b Sundaram Medical Foundation   (India)

^c ARMA Clinical Services and Hospitals Private Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INDUSTRY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INDUSTRY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 36049006402     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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