Classical cardiovascular risk factors and all-cause mortality in rural Cameroon

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 209-215

  Kengne, A P ^a,b   Awah, P K ^a  

^a Health of Population in Transition (HOPIT) Research Group   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CAMEROON; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 61649118167     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcn175     Document Type: Article

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