Standing at the crossroads between new and historically prevalent heart disease: Effects of migration and socio-economic factors in the Heart of Soweto cohort study

European Heart Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 492-499

  Stewart, Simon ^a,b   Carrington, Melinda ^a,b   Pretorius, Sandra ^b   Methusi, Puthuma ^b   Sliwa, Karen ^a,b,c  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Cardiovascular disease; Epidemiological transition; Heart disease; Spectrum of disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBANIZATION;

EID: 79951828035     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq439     Document Type: Article

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