Cardiovascular risk factors prevalence in a moroccan population

European Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 581-589

  Essiarab, Fadwa ^a   Taki, Hassan ^a   El Malki, Abdelouahed ^b   Hassar, Mohamed ^b   Saïle, Rachid ^a   Ghalim, Noreddine ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES BEN M SIK   (Morocco)

^b Institut Pasteur du Maroc   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Dyslipidemia; Moroccan population; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953889275     PISSN: 1450216X     EISSN: 1450202X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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