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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...
Autores principales: | Bennet, Louise, Agardh, Carl-David, Lindblad, Ulf |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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