Risk factors of coronary heart disease among medical students in King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ibrahim, Nahla Khamis ^a,b   Mahnashi, Morooj ^a   Al Dhaheri, Amal ^a   Al Zahrani, Borooj ^a   Al Wadie, Ebtihal ^a   Aljabri, Mydaa ^a   Al Shanketi, Rajaa ^a   Al Shehri, Rawiah ^a   Al Sayes, Fatin M ^a   Bashawri, Jamil ^a  

^a Aziz University   (Saudi Arabia)

^b High Institute of Public Health Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Coronary heart diseases; Framingham risk score; Risk factors; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84901691965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-411     Document Type: Article

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