Where needs and demands diverge : Health promotion in primary care

Public Health

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 95-101

  Davis, B S ^a   McWhirter, M F ^b   Gordon, D S ^c  

^a RUCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS FORTH VALLEY   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS LANARKSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Deprivation; Health promotion; Primary care; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0029881745     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(96)80053-9     Document Type: Article

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