Rural urban differences of cardiovascular disease risk factors in adult Asian Indians

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 440-445

  Das, Mithun ^a   Pal, Susil ^b   Ghosh, Arnab ^c  

^a Sree Chaitanya College   (India)

^b Human Genetic Engineering Research Centre   (India)

^c VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 48049101388     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20757     Document Type: Article

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