The Washington Heights-Inwood Healthy Heart Program: A 6-year report from a disadvantaged urban setting

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 166-171

  Shea, Steven ^a,b,c   Basch, Charles E ^b   Wechsler, Howell ^b   Lantigua, Rafael ^b  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; CORONARY RISK; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCREENING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030041745     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.2.166     Document Type: Review

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