Association of suboptimal health status and cardiovascular risk factors in Urban Chinese workers

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 329-338

  Yan, Yu X ^a   Dong, Jing ^a   Liu, You Q ^a   Yang, Xing H ^a   Li, Man ^a   Shia, Gilbert ^a   Wang, Wei ^a,b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Risk factors; Suboptimal health status

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HYDROCORTISONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863776462     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-011-9636-8     Document Type: Article

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