High prevalence of markers of coronary heart disease among Greenland Inuit

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 772-778

  Jørgensen, Marit Eika ^a,c   Bjerregaard, Peter ^a   Kjærgaard, Jens Jørgen ^b   Borch Johnsen, Knut ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Queen Ingrid's Hospital   (Greenland)

^c STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Greenland; Inuit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECG ABNORMALITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GREENLAND; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HUMANS; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 38349165016     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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