High cardiovascular risks in a North Indian Agarwal community: A case series

Cases Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Gupta, Rajeev ^a,b   Agrawal, Mukta ^c  

^a FORTIS HOSPITAL   (India)

^b GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 77953406736     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1626-2-7870     Document Type: Article

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