Cardiovascular risk according to educational status in India

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 408-411

  Gupta, Rajeev ^a   Kaul, Vijay ^b   Agrawal, Aachu ^c   Guptha, Soneil ^a   Gupta, V P ^c  

^a FORTIS HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Monilek Hospital and Research Centre   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Developing countries; Poverty; Smoking; Socioeconomic status; Urban health

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958179927     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.08.014     Document Type: Article

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