The asia pacific cohort studies collaboration: A decade of achievements

Global Heart

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 343-351

  Woodward, Mark ^a   Huxley, Rachel ^b   Ueshima, Hirotsugu ^c   Fang, Xianghua ^d   Kim, Hyeon Chang ^e   Lam, Tai Hing ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ASIA; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; BODY MASS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84870616766     PISSN: 22118160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2012.10.001     Document Type: Review

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