Reducing the burden of coronary heart disease: Health promotion, its effectiveness and cost

Health Education Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 487-499

  Buck, David ^a   Godfrey, Christine ^a   Killoran, Amanda ^b   Tolley, Keith ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROMOTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CORONARY DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030476635     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/11.4.487     Document Type: Article

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