The prevalence and management of cardiovascular risk factors in immigrant groups in Switzerland

Pedro Marques-Vidal (), Peter Vollenweider (), Gérard Waeber () and Fred Paccaud ()

International Journal of Public Health, 2012, vol. 57, issue 1, 63-77

Abstract: Most CVRFs are unevenly distributed among immigrant groups in Switzerland, but these differences are due to disparities in age, leisure-time physical activity, being overweight/obesity and education. Copyright Swiss School of Public Health 2012

Keywords: Diabetes; Dyslipidaemia; Hypertension; Immigrants; Smoking; Switzerland (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-011-0297-x

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