Linked Life Data

19224906

Source:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/id/19224906

Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
18
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-8-31
pubmed:abstractText
South America comprises widely different environments consisting of many complex and heterogeneous ethnicities, societies and cultures. During recent decades conspicuous advances in human and societal development have been made. South America now faces three major demographic shifts: population growth; urbanisation (almost 90% of the population live in urban areas) and ageing. Recently, an epidemiological transition has been seen. Urbanisation has brought unfavourable and prominent changes, such as increased smoking rates, stress, lack of physical activity and poor diets (more fat and calories). Consequently, owing to the interaction between environment and genetic susceptibility, the modifications induced by urbanisation have resulted in enhancement of the cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular disease (CVD). This situation is responsible for the burden of CVD in South America, requiring effective action towards better detection and control of cardiovascular risk factors aimed at reducing the burden of disease in the region, which tends to be higher and increasingly serious.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1468-201X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
95
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1475-82
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Cardiovascular disease in South America: current status and opportunities for prevention.
pubmed:affiliation
Research Division, Dante Pazzanese Institute of Cardiology, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. avezum@dantepazzanese.org.br
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review