<b>Cardiovascular disease risk factors in Caxias do Sul-RS, Brazil adolescents</b>

Despite most part of cardiovascular diseases occur in adult life, the process frequently initiate in adolescence. The purpose was to analyze cardiovascular risk factors in adolescents from Caxias do Sul-RS. In this cross-sectional epidemiological study, 1.675 adolescents aged 11 to 17 years were ana...

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Main Author: Daniel Giordani Vasques
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2009-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano
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Online Access:http://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/rbcdh/article/view/9371