<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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Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2009-06-01
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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 |