Cardiovascular disease risk factors and socioeconomic variables in a nation undergoing epidemiologic transition

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Rasiah, Rajah ^a   Yusoff, Khalid ^b   Mohammadreza, Amiri ^a   Manikam, Rishya ^a   Tumin, Makmor ^a   Chandrasekaran, Sankara Kumar ^a   Khademi, Shabnam ^a   Bakar, Najmin Abu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease risk factors; Education; Income; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84885017498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-886     Document Type: Article

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