Time-trends in prevalence and awareness of cardiovascular risk factors in an asymptomatic North Indian urban population

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 568-573

  Bansal, Manish ^a   Shrivastava, Sameer ^b   Mehrotra, Rahul ^a   Agrawal, Vinayak ^a   Kasliwal, Ravi R ^a  

^a ESCORTS HEART INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b INDRAPRASTHA APOLLO HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 69349086792     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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