Smoking and vascular dysfunction in Africans and Caucasians from Aouth Africa

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-24

  Zatu, Mandlenkosi C ^a   Van Rooyen, Johannes M ^a   Schutte, Aletta E ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africans; Caucasians; Ethnicity; Smoking; Socio economic status; Vascular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COTININE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CAUCASIAN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE;

EID: 79951648941     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5830/CVJA-2010-034     Document Type: Article

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