Comparison of cardiovascular risk factors between Sri Lankans living in Kandy and Oslo

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Tennakoon, Sampath U B ^a,b   Kumar, Bernadette N ^a   Nugegoda, Danasela B ^b   Meyer, Haakon E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; NORWAY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SRI LANKA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NORWAY; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SRI LANKA;

EID: 77958561133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-654     Document Type: Article

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