Assessment of awareness about cardiovascular disease risk factors and association between overweight and family history of cardiovascular disease among first-year medical students of a medical college in Karnataka
Background: It is estimated in WHO Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD) Country Profiles 2011 that NCD account for 53% of all deaths. Of which, 24% are due to cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) alone. Lifestyle-related behavioral risk factors are mainly implicated among medical students. Objectives: To ass...
Main Authors: | Amruth M, Sagorika Mullick, Balakrishna AG., Prabhudeva MC. |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2015
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Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8749/1/P.92-96.pdf |
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