Cardiovascular disease risk in a semirural community in Malaysia

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 410-420

  Chin, Chia Yook ^a   Pengal, Srinivas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b Gleneagles Penang Hospital   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Developing country; Epidemiology; Prediction; Prevalence; Risk; Rural community

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 70349895281     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539509343973     Document Type: Article

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