Blood pressure and cardiovascular risk profiles of africans who migrate to a Western country

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 512-518

  Dominguez, Ligia J ^a   Galioto, Antonio ^a   Pineo, Antonella ^a   Ferlisi, Anna ^a   Vernuccio, Laura ^a   Belvedere, Mario ^a   Costanza, Giuseppe ^a   Putignano, Ernesto ^a   Barbagallo, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

African race; Cardiovascular risk; Hypertension; Lifestyle; Migration

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POTASSIUM URINE LEVEL; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; MIGRATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 59849102858     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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