Coronary risk in a British Punjabi population: comparative profile of non-biochemical factors.

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Published in Int J Epidemiol on February 01, 1994

Authors

R Williams1, R Bhopal, K Hunt

Author Affiliations

1: MRC Medical Sociology Unit, Glasgow, UK.

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