Prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors in migrants participating in the PEP family heart study, Nuremberg

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-28

  Haas, Gerda Maria ^a   Parhofer, Klaus Georg ^b   Schwandt, Peter ^a,b  

^a Arteriosklerose Praeventions Institut   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Ethnicity; Prevention; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG USE; EASTERN EUROPE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMIGRANT; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); USSR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 79952044021     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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