Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in a population of Brazilian industry workers;Prevalência de fatores de risco cardiovascular em trabalhadores de uma indústria Brasileira

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-21

  Cassani, Roberta Soares Lara ^a   Nobre, Fernando ^a   Pazin Filho, Antônio ^a   Schmidt, André ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Rua Rui Barbosa 455/140   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Brazil; Cerebrovascular disease; Coronary disease; Epidemiology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SITTING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 60749084134     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2009000100004     Document Type: Article

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