Cardiovascular risk factors in ethnic populations within Canada: Results from national cross-sectional surveys

Open Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Liu, Richard ^a   So, Lawrence ^b   Mohan, Sailesh ^c   Khan, Nadia ^b   King, Kathryn ^c   Quan, Hude ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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