Obesity and cardiovascular disease risk among Turkish and Moroccan migrant groups in Europe: A systematic review

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 2-16

  Ujcic Voortman, J K ^a   Baan, C A ^b   Seidell, J C ^c   Verhoeff, A P ^a,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Diabetes; Hypertension; Systemic inflammation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MOROCCO; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WAIST HIP RATIO;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EUROPE; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; MINORITY HEALTH; MOROCCO; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TURKEY;

EID: 83855164070     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2011.00932.x     Document Type: Review

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