Primary care practice adherence to national cholesterol education program guidelines for patients with coronary heart disease

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1238-1244

  McBride, Patrick ^a   Schrott, Helmut G ^b   Plane, Mary Beth ^a,c   Underbakke, Gail ^a   Brown, Roger L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c HEART   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032496637     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.11.1238     Document Type: Article

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