Sex inequalities in cardiovascular health: A cross-sectional study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 152-158

  Janković, Janko ^a   Marinković, Jelena ^a   Stojisavljević, Dragana ^b   Erić, Miloš ^c   Vasiljević, Nadja ^a   Janković, Slavenka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Institute of Public Health   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^c SINGIDUNUM UNIVERSITY   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962014078     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv161     Document Type: Article

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