Methods for establishing a surveillance system for cardiovascular diseases in Indian industrial populations

• Main Authors: KS Reddy (Author), D Prabhakaran (Author), V Chaturvedi (Author), P Jeemon (Author), KR Thankappan (Author), L Ramakrishnan (Author), BVM Mohan (Author), CS Pandav (Author), FU Ahmed (Author), PP Joshi (Author), R Meera (Author), RB Amin (Author), RC Ahuja (Author), MS Das (Author), TM Jaison (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2006-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To establish a surveillance network for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) risk factors in industrial settings and estimate the risk factor burden using standardized tools. METHODS: We conducted a baseline cross-sectional survey (as part of a CVD surveillance programme) of industrial populatio...