Prevalence of risk factors for non-communicable diseases in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam: Results from a steps survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Pham, Luc H ^a   Au, Thuy B ^a,b   Blizzard, Leigh ^b   Truong, Nhan B ^a   Schmidt, Michael D ^b,c   Granger, Robert H ^d   Dwyer, Terence ^e  

^a CAN THO UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; VEGETABLE; VIET NAM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CLASSIFICATION; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; VIETNAM;

EID: 69949123036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-291     Document Type: Article

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