The frequency and distribution of cardiovascular disease risk factors among Nebraska women enrolled in the WISEWOMAN screening program

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 607-617

  Feresu, Shingairai A ^a   Zhang, Wanqing ^a   Puumala, Susan E ^b   Ullrich, Fred ^a   Anderson, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SCREENING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEBRASKA; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 43049108080     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2007.0438     Document Type: Article

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