Cardiovascular disease, diabetes and established risk factors among populations of sub-Saharan African descent in Europe: A literature review

Globalization and Health

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Agyemang, Charles ^a   Addo, Juliet ^b   Bhopal, Raj ^c   de Graft Aikins, Ama ^d   Stronks, Karien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MENTAL STRESS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 69849092388     PISSN: 17448603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-5-7     Document Type: Review

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