Are teenagers at risk for developing cardiovascular disease in later life?

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-80

  Mungrue, Kameel ^a   Fyzul, Azizah ^a   Ramroop, Starnella ^a   Persad, Tyler ^a   Asgarali, Amrika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

adolescence; cardiovascular disease; long term; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ETHNICITY; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SMOKING; TELEVISION VIEWING; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SMOKING; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 84875476936     PISSN: 03340139     EISSN: 21910278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijamh-2013-0010     Document Type: Article

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