Prevalence and awareness of risk factors and behaviours of coronary heart disease in an urban population of Karachi, the largest city of Pakistan: a community survey
Author(s) -
Sunita Dodani,
Rozina Mistry,
Asim Khwaja,
Mohammed A. Farooqi,
Rahmatullah Qureshi,
Khawar Kazmi
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdh154
Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , environmental health , obesity , anthropometry , cross sectional study , population , demography , blood pressure , risk factor , coronary heart disease , gerontology , pathology , sociology
To estimate the prevalence and awareness of risk factors and risk behaviours of coronary heart disease (CHD) in the lower middle class residing in urban localities of Karachi, a mega city of Pakistan.
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