Cardiovascular disease in South Asians: A burgeoning epidemic

Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 187-191

  Srikanthan, Preethi ^b   Daveb, Jatin K ^b   Kamdar, Vikram V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 76849090626     PISSN: 19329520     EISSN: 19329563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12170-008-0035-y     Document Type: Article

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