Community cardiac awareness teaching in a rural area: The potential for a health promotion message

Resuscitation

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-145

  Bury, G ^a   Dowling, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Donegal Pre Hosp Emergency Care P   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training; Community training programmes; Health promotion; Ireland; Risk factor awareness; Rural areas

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRELAND; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; TEACHING; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0030451584     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(96)01005-2     Document Type: Article

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