Cardiovascular health, risks and diseases in contemporary China

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 233-242

  Cheng, Tsung O ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; China; Diet and lifestyle changes; Obesity; Risk factors; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HOMOCYSTEINE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AGE; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BODY MASS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CALORIC INTAKE; CAR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXERCISE; EXHAUST GAS; FAT INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LUNG CANCER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING CESSATION; SODIUM INTAKE; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TOBACCO; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84855842507     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.023     Document Type: Erratum

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