Cardiovascular disease risk factors and socio-economic position of Africans in transition: The THUSA study

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 282-289

  Vorster, H H ^a   Kruger, A ^a   Venter, C S ^a   Margetts, B M ^a   Macintyre, U E ^b  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; LIPIDS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN HEALTH; URBANIZATION;

EID: 40949112720     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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