Reducing coronary heart disease in the Australian Coalfields: Evaluation of a 10-year community intervention

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 683-692

  Higginbotham, Nick ^a   Heading, Gaynor ^b   McElduff, Patrick ^a   Dobson, Annette ^a   Heller, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Hunter Urban Division of General Practice   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Coal miners; Community action; Heart disease

Indexed keywords

HEART ENZYME;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COAL MINING; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COAL WORKER; COMMUNITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032958879     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00384-0     Document Type: Article

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