Trends and heterogeneity of cardiovascular disease and risk factors across latin american and caribbean countries

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 276-285

  Rivera Andrade, Alvaro ^a   Luna, Max A ^b  

^a Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama Guatemala   (Guatemala)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Burden of disease; Cardiovascular disease; Global health; Latin America

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARIBBEAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILE; COLOMBIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; URBANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARIBBEAN REGION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84909587190     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: 18731740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2014.09.004     Document Type: Article

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