Cardiovascular risk factors among internal medicine residents

Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 76-81

  Mihalopoulos, Nicole L ^a,c   Berenson, Gerald S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SITTING; SMOKING HABIT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; AWARENESS; BLOOD; MEDICAL EDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AWARENESS; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 45149096363     PISSN: 1520037X     EISSN: 17517141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7141.2008.07842.x     Document Type: Article

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