Comparison of cardiovascular risk profiles among ethnic groups using population health surveys between 1996 and 2007

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 182, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Chiu, Maria ^a,b   Austin, Peter C ^a,c   Manuel, Douglas G ^a,e,f   Tu, Jack V ^a,b,c,d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POPULATION MODEL; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOUTH ASIA; STROKE;

EID: 77953312331     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.091676     Document Type: Article

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