Cardiovascular disease in Latin American women

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 405-411

  Tejero, M E ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA GENÓMICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Epidemiology; Latin America; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77954959850     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2010.02.005     Document Type: Review

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