A risk-factor profile for chronic lifestyle diseases in three rural Free State towns

South African Family Practice

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-76

  van Zyl, S ^a   van der Merwe, L J ^a   Walsh, C M ^a   van Rooyen, F C ^a   van Wyk, H J ^a   Groenewald, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Lifestyle; Risk

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OBESITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 77952033193     PISSN: 20786190     EISSN: 20786204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20786204.2010.10873940     Document Type: Article

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