Does coronary artery screening by electron beam computed tomography motivate potentially beneficial lifestyle behaviors?

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1220-1223

  Wong, Nathan D ^a   Detrano, Robert C ^b   Diamond, George ^b   Rezayat, Combiz ^b   Mahmoudi, Raymond ^b   Chong, Eun C ^b   Tang, Weiyi ^b   Puentes, Gail ^b   Kang, Xingping ^b   Abrahamson, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCIUM; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030331092     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00599-1     Document Type: Article

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