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Cardiovascular disease in relation to diabetes status in immigrants from the Middle East compared to native Swedes: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes is highly prevalent in immigrants to Sweden from Iraq, but the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its risk factors are not known. In this survey we aimed to compare the prevalence of CVD and CVD-associated risk factors between a population born in Iraq and ind...

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Autores principales: Bennet, Louise, Agardh, Carl-David, Lindblad, Ulf
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3878995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24308487
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-1133