Population-based study of cardiovascular health in Atahualpa, a rural village of coastal Ecuador

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1618-1620

  Del Brutto, Oscar H ^a,b   Santamaría, Milton ^c   Ochoa, Elio ^d   Peñaherrera, Ernesto ^a,e   Santibáñez, Rocío ^a,b   Pow Chon Long, Freddy ^e   Zambrano, Mauricio ^b   Del Brutto, Victor J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ESPÍRITU SANTO   (Ecuador)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICA KENNEDY   (Ecuador)

^c Provincial Tuberculosis Control Program   (Ecuador)

^d Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo   (Ecuador)

^e HOSPITAL LUIS VERNAZA   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Atahualpa; Cardiovascular health; Ecuador; Epidemiology; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIET; ECUADOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING;

ATAHUALPA; CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH; ECUADOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84885316380     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.01.017     Document Type: Article

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