Differences in selected lifestyle risk factors for cardiovascular disease between Sri Lankans in Oslo, Norway, and in Kandy, Sri Lanka

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages NP616-NP625

  Tennakoon, Sampath U B ^a,b   Kumar, Bernadette N ^c   Meyer, Haakon E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c Norwegian Center for Minority Health Research   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

cardiovascular risk; ethnicity; fats; fruits vegetables; lifestyle risk; migration; south Asians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SRI LANKA; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; RISK FACTORS; SRI LANKA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84926335291     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: 19412479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539513485973     Document Type: Article

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