Prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors among attendees of the batu 9, Cheras health centre, Selangor, Malaysia

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 166-172

  Amplavanar, Nirmala Thavi ^a   Gurpreet, K ^b   Salmiah, M S ^c   Odhayakumar, N ^b  

^a HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^b Institute for Public Health   (Malaysia)

^c Batu 9 Cheras Health Centre   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Prevalence; Risk factors; Screening; Selangor Malaysia

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; SUGAR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING; SMOKING;

EID: 79251540592     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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