Educational status-related disparities in awareness, treatment and control of cardiovascular risk factors in India

Heart Asia

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-6

  Gupta, Rajeev ^a   Sharma, Krishna Kumar ^a   Gupta, Bal Kishan ^b   Gupta, Arvind ^c   Gupta, Revant R ^d   Deedwania, Prakash C ^e  

^a FORTIS HOSPITAL   (India)

^b S P MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c Jaipur Diabetes Research Centre   (India)

^d Jaipur Heart Watch Foundation   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CONTROL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 84928739716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17591104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartasia-2014-010551     Document Type: Article

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