Obesity and cardiovascular disease risk factors among the indigenous and immigrant Pakistani population: A systematic review

Obesity Facts

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 523-535

  Raza, Qaisar ^a   Doak, Colleen M ^a   Khan, Aroosa ^a   Nicolaou, Mary ^b   Seidell, Jaap C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Diabetes; Hypercholesterolemia; Hypertension; Obesity; Pakistanis

Indexed keywords

BALOCH (PEOPLE); CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMIGRANT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MEDLINE; MUHAJIR; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; PAKISTANI; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEARCH ENGINE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NORWAY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84891054916     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000357176     Document Type: Review

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