Risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD) in Lebanese-Armenian women

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 933-949

  Arevian, Mary ^a   Adra, Marina ^a   Kubeissi, Loulou ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGER; ARMENIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; LEBANON; MENOPAUSE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ARMENIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LEBANON; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TRIGLYCERIDES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 8844236245     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330490508631     Document Type: Review

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