Prevalence of cardiovascular health risk behaviors in a remote rural community of Sindhuli district, Nepal

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Dhungana, Raja R ^a   Devkota, Surya ^b   Khanal, Mahesh K ^c   Gurung, Yadav ^d   Giri, Rajendra K ^e   Parajuli, Ram K ^a   Adhikari, Anup ^f   Joshi, Suira ^b   Hada, Barsha ^g   Shayami, Arun ^b  

^a Nepal Family Development Foundation   (Nepal)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^d AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^e Minister for Health and Population Nepal   (Nepal)

^f Youth Vision Central office Bhanimandal ^*  (Nepal)

^g Nature Care Hospital   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Behavioral risk factors; Cardiovascular diseases; Nepal; Rural community

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; OBESITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SALT INTAKE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL CLASS; VEGETABLE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING;

SALT INTAKE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SMOKING; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84904774480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-14-92     Document Type: Article

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