The Study of Health Assessment and Risk in Ethnic groups (SHARE): Rationale and design

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1349-1357

  Anand, Sonia S ^a   Yusuf, Salim ^a   Vuksan, Vladimir ^b   Devanesen, Sudarshan ^b   Montague, Patricia ^a   Kelemen, Linda ^a   Bosch, Jackie ^a   Sigouin, Chris ^a   Teo, Koon K ^c   Lonn, Eva ^a   Gerstein, Hertzel C ^a   Hegele, Robert A ^d   McQueen, Matthew ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Ethnicity; Population health; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; NEUROHORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; BLOOD PRESSURE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 7844251181     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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