Women's cardiovascular health: Perspectives from South-East Asia

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 464-477

  Rajadurai, Jeyamalar ^a   Lopez, Eleanor A ^b   Rahajoe, Anna Ulfah ^c   Ping Ping, Goh ^d   Uboldejpracharak, Yingnoi ^e   Zambahari, Robaayah ^f  

^a Sime Darby Medical Centre   (Malaysia)

^b Department of Surgery   (Philippines)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^d MOUNT ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Singapore)

^e NAVAMINDRADHIRAJ UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f NATIONAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; INDONESIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALAYSIA; OBESITY; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SINGAPORE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; URBAN AREA;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; SMOKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84864288745     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2012.59     Document Type: Review

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